Southern States Are Set to Shake Democratic Race - NYT

[Wonk]

By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Published: February 10, 2004

NASHVILLE, Feb. 9 — Gen. Wesley K. Clark and Senator John Edwards campaigned furiously through Virginia and Tennessee on Monday, struggling to block Senator John Kerry from winning two pivotal primaries on Tuesday that Democrats said would put intense pressure on them to quit the race.

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The chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party, Randall A. Button, said Monday that General Clark, who is from neighboring Arkansas, and Mr. Edwards, who is from neighboring North Carolina, should quit if they could not beat Mr. Kerry on their home turf, an outcome some polls released Monday suggested.

"They are both Southerners that have a message that resonates with Southerners," Mr. Button said. If they lose, he said, "it's gotten down to this: Let's move ahead to our objective, and our objective is unseating George W. Bush."

A senior national Democratic Party official made the same argument, saying that General Clark and Mr. Edwards would have difficulty raising money to push on should they lose to Mr. Kerry in the South. "The voters will have spoken: Let's get on with it," this official said.

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[LizW]

1. "the voters will have spoken..."??????????

Jesus Christ on a pogo stick.

Senior national Democratic Party official to southern Democrats: "Fuck off."

Senior national Democratic Party official to California and New York Democrats: "Fuck off also."

Somebody wake me up around the end of October. I can't stand to watch this anymore.

:puke:

[BootinUp]

5. This is why they won't get a f'in penny

from me, not for Kerry and not for the DNC. Their fuckin accelerated primary has turned into a goddamn joke. Chris Matthews, Wolf Blitzer, and Judy Woodruff have decide our nominee. Oh the Humanity!

:grr:

[ResistTheCoup]

14. Thank you Liz!

ROFLMAO! You said exactly what I was feeling only you expressed it much more elegantly! :)

I've HAD IT with the Democratic Party and after I vote in the California Primary I am registering as an Independent.

:mad:

[John_H]

2. Anyone have any gueses who that senior official might be?

[NashVegas]

4. Probably the Same Guy

Who leaked the news about AFSCME to Ap.

[SheilaT]

3. Well here's a thought:

If Clark and Edwards between them take Virginia and Tennessee, will that be an indication that the party, perhaps the country itself, is still hopelessly split along geographical lines?

[KoKo]

6. Well, let's "herd them cattle" and get 'em in their stalls before sundown.

Can't let them think that they need to VOTE...and their VOTE counts for something...can we. No "cryin' in them teacups" we gotta move it along here! :puke:

[Jerseycoa]

7. Well

Fuck 'em

[Leilani]

13. Eloquently said

and I agree!!

[La_Serpiente]

8. By the way

who is polling ahead in Texas right now?

[Tweed]

10. Probably Kerry

[Julien Sorel]

9. I've donated a fair chunk of change, and a lot of my

time, which is reasonably valuable, to Clark, who is, I believe, potentially the best thing to happen to Democrats since the Depression. But I agree with this assessment. This primary format sucks ass, but it is what it is, and there isn't a whole lot we can do about it. We have two excellent people banging heads against each other in the South, and Kerry is beating both of them. It is rapidly becoming time to start working to overcome Kerry's inherent weaknesses as a candidate and try to get him elected.

Notice, this is different from when the Dean camp was trying to say this: votes have actually been cast, and besides, Dean is Dean. But I want Bush gone, and there is hardly a faint chance any longer that Kerry will be stopped.

[creativelcro]

11. if they lose it could also be because of dirty tricks by Kerry...

[AnnitaR]

12. I'm almost at the end of my rope!

If these fuckers keep trying to push me around... they're on their own in Nov!

My voice/vote doesn't matter now? Fine, then it won't be there in November either!

I'm so sick of this crap!

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: