Dean will NOT drop out after WI

[pezcore64]

I just heard on Inside Politics that his campaign is now saying they will continue past Wisconsin regardless of the results. No link yet. Like I say, just heard it on Inside Politics on CNN.
If anyone gets a link or hears something else.
post it!!

[JFKvsGWB]

1. This is horrible news....is he going to stay in just ot take pot shots

at Kerry? Come on. How can he keep changing his tune. Dean is making me real mad.

[pacifictiger]

8. how is he changing his tune?

He never said he was dropping out, the media did. What he did say was he would stay in the race as long as his supporters wanted him to, but that he needed to win wisconsin to realistically have a shot at the nomination. His supporters overwhelmingly want him to continue to the convention regardless, providing he has the financial resources.

[BL_Zebub]

10. You sound a little worried, my mortal friend

Do you want Kerry to earn the nomination, or do you want a select few to make that decision for everyone else?

Bottom line is that the majority of delegates have yet to be claimed, and while Kerry is obviously leading in delegates, Dean remains a strong #2 in that number, which is all that matters in Boston. I don't see you calling for the other candidates to drop out, so why should Dean?

[creativelcro]

11. Well done Howard!!!! He must have looked at all the sigs

he got for supporters asking him to stay all the way... Way to gooooo!

[Anwen]

17. He's staying in to win.

Not to take cheap shots.

By the way, Dean never said he was going to drop out. The media broke the story themselves -- Dean never said he was planning to drop out after Wisconsin.

[JFKvsGWB]

22. The email he sent out said WI was a "must win"

[Anwen]

30. "must win" does not equal "quitting if we don't win"

[RetroLounge]

29. Again, the media puts the words in Deans mouth

and then claims he's changing his tune.

He said that Wisconsin is a must-win. Not that he would drop out.

I hope he stays until the end.

Those so-called pot-shots he took at bush* for the last year are now Kerry's stump speech.

If he takes "pot-shots" at Kerry and Kerry is the candidate, he will be stronger for it. If he can't take it, then he shouldn't be int he race.

Dean is making me real GLAD.

[quinnox]

2. Yup, I saw it too

It appears the transformation from front-runner to protest candidate is now complete.

Dean, Sharpton, and Kucinich will be battling for last place until the convention!

[lancdem]

6. I can't imagine Dean simply being a protest candidate

He's a loyal Dem. Maybe he wants to wait until Kerry is actually closer to clinching the nomination, or he's doing this to keep his supporters happy a little bit longer.

[Jack_Dawson]

9. Dean dropping out would be a good thing for the party

Otherwise, the Kerry media lovefest marches on...

[HFishbine]

21. Dean

Has three times as many delegates as Clark. Why would Dean dropping out before Clark be a good thing for the party?

[politick]

12. Protest candidate?

Man alive. Isn't this what the primary system is supposed to be about? TO ive the whole country a say in picking the best candidate? What does Kerry have to fear? It's beginning to get a little scary how much fellow democrats want everyone to fall in line. ANY DEMOCRAT can beat Bush, not just the anointed one.

Isn't this the kind of closed-off unilateralism we despise about Bush and the Republicans? Aren't we fighting to have more voices heard? Aren't we supposed to stand up for what we believe?

[Anwen]

18. Well said, politick!

You are exactly right. It's disturbing how desperate people are to claim Kerry as the winner and shut everyone else down -- after only a tiny percentage of the voters have had their say.

[MuseRider]

39. You are so right.

We need their voices and the people need to have a choice. I have not however felt pressure to fall in line. BUT, you are right.

[Mass_Liberal]

13. you know that Dean

is in 2nd place, right? You know that he's ahead of Edwards right? He's far from a protest candidate and you know it.

[dansolo]

19. Afraid that Kerry will run out of money?

Even with all his victories. I'll bet Kerry is still lagging behind Dean in fundraising (especially if you include the $6M debt that his campaign has to repay)

[GodHelpUsAll2]

24. Funny................

How the comments are made that Dean, Kucinich and Sharpton will be battling for last place when it's currently Kerry, DEAN, Edwards, Clark and so on.

Dean = Second
Edwards = Third
Clark = Fourth
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One more time...............1 2 3 4

[corporatewhore]

well i think he could do good here in texas iveonlyseen kucinichdeanclark

come and speak here and they are the only campaigns down here that have a presence i know that a longhorns for kerry was formed right after he won NH but havent seen em aroound

[papau]

3. Debate in NY and CA would be a great Idea!

:-)

[pezcore64]

4. I think so too

I think that way too
Besides, I think people will be suprised how well Dean will do in NY, CA, and TX.


At any rate


GO DEAN!

[creativelcro]

14. You mean, assuming there is no cheating involved....

[Jack_Dawson]

5. He's killing the party's chances of producing the "Anti-Kerry"

but oh well. :eyes:

[HFishbine]

25. Hellooooooo

Kerry has 5 times as many delgates as Clark, 2.2 times as many as Dean. Dean is the Anti-Kerry.

[Jack_Dawson]

26. Dean won't win a single state

He simply peaked too early. Now he's just hanging around to spite everyone. Satisfying in the short-term, I'm sure...but damaging to the party in the long run.

[HFishbine]

28. Damaging?

Damaging how?

[Snivi Yllom]

36. Dean IS the Anti-Kerry

:)

[GodHelpUsAll2]

27. Who would be the party's anti-Kerry

The 3rd or the fourth place candidate?

[oasis]

7. Break out the bat.

[Hoppin_Mad]

15. He NEVER said he would ! Go Dean ! On to Boston ! -nt-

[Jack_Dawson]

16. Ug

:eyes:

[HFishbine]

20. Makes sense

He has a solid hold on second place for the number of delegates, 50% more than 3rd place Edwards. Why shouldn't he stay in?

[corporatewhore]

34. like i said in my other post he could do well in texas but i am gong

to make sure Kucinich wins!!!clark dean and Kucinich are the only ones who have come down here to speak and they theonly ones with a solid campaign down here which makes sense because they are the only anti patriot act cannidates which will win over old school conservatives and libertarians

[Leilani]

23. Keep going Gov Dean!

Maybe we can still have a debate about the issues!

[elfin]

31. One advantage to staying in

would keep attention focused on the primaries. As soon as he drops out, coverage will disappear.

The longer it goes on, the longer the airwaves are filled with snippets from many contenders about how bad Bush is. As soon as it is "settled", we will have to pay to get anti-Bush statements on the air.

Also, the longer he stays in, the longer Nader will have to wait before scresing things up -- again. Maybe so long, he cannot get on many ballots.

[OutlawCorporatePolls]

32. yes, i heard him say it on cspan yesterday..

..up in maine. he said something to the effect about letting Florida get its chance to vote. march 9.

[KC21304]

33. Good for him ! I think he should stay in. I think they all

should stay in. Democracy in action.

I have a question though. How come Dean complained that Mc Auliffe wasn't protecting him from sniping from the media and the other upstarts in the race when he was the front runner ? And this was before he had won one delegate in a primary/caucus. But I haven't heard Kerry whining about taking hits from the other candidates or saying any of them should drop out even after he has won 10 of 12 so far.

[mitchum]

35. God, now he's Harold Stassen!

[kstewart33]

37. This is all beginning to sound like Ralph Nader

I smell a third party on the horizon. Now, that would really help, just as it did in 2000.

If he doesn't drop out after Wisconsin, not having won one itty bitty primary, I hope he has the decency to leave the scene gracefully. Dean does have a future in politics. He is relatively young and did an important thing--forcing the party to grow a spine.

If he stays in, he will become another Nader. Not pretty, and not good for the party. If he leaves, he has the option and the following to fight another day. And he could possibly be looking at a Cabinet seat with a Kerry victory.

[Jack_Dawson]

40. Amen

This is a looming disaster. Dean's ego is just big enough to run as a 3rd party candidate.

[NoPasaran]

38. If true this is great news!

Kerry does not yet have the delegates to win the nomination. Keeping a real race going until some really does have it wrapped up gives all of us a chance to talk to others about our candidates and the fight to win back our country from the Busheviks. I am fired up! YEEEEAAARRGGHH!