Edwards wins Maryland straw poll of Dem leaders

[JohnLocke]

Edwards gets nod in straw poll
Cumberland Times-News
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ROCKY GAP - The 160 Democratic Party leaders and activists who attended the weekend Western Maryland Democratic Summit supported John Edwards for president in a straw poll conducted Saturday.

Edwards had more votes than the next two candidates - Hilary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama - combined.

The straw poll gave Edwards 51 votes; Clinton, 26; Obama, 24; Bill Richardson, 12; Al Gore, 8; Wesley Clark, four; Joseph Biden, three; and Dennis Kucinich, two.

Christopher Dodd and Mark Warner each had one vote.

In addition to Gov. Martin O'Malley, speakers included Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, Sen. Ben Cardin, Attorney General Doug Gansler and Vice Chair of the National Democratic Party Susan Turnbull.

More than a dozen elected officials from state or county offices in Western Maryland and around the state attended the summit at Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort.

http://www.times-news.com/local/local_story_114111158.html

[Catchawave]

1. I'll take a straw poll among elected officials

over the Gopper Ras and Gallup any day :hi:

[saltpoint]

2. Maryland has shown to be a hell of an interesting state over the

years.

It said No to Kathleen Kennedy Townshend, but otherwise returns Democrat after Democrat to the U.S. Congress. Cardin's the latest and Mikulski's very strong, and a host of Reps across the state.

Lived for a while in Montgomery County, just nextdoor to DC, and there were plenty of Democrats in the area, a great many of them DC commuters.

The Edwards campaign has a feather in its cap with this straw poll. Good goin' Maryland Dems.

[1932]

10. KKT would have one except for one of the Justice Dept's loyalty hires

claimed she was being investigated the day before the election.

She was a victim of Gonzales-Bush's crimes.

[saltpoint]

13. Hi, 1932. I was sure rooting for her. At least a Democrat is in that

chair now. But it brought me back to the KKT race, and I just got homesick there for a moment.

I don't think she would have done badly, and I am more than willing to look for Rove's footprints in that late-breaking story.

[1932]

21. She was on Tavis Smiley's TV show a couple weeks ago and they went over the timeline

a Bush-appointed US attorney (who replaced a decent US attorney) announced an investigation of her the day before the election. I believe she was leading up to that point. Weeks latter the investigation was dropped with no indictments. It was all a lie to get her to lose the race and it worked.

[madfloridian]

3. He also won a straw poll in Alabama.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3231739

About 200 activists, Democrats, meeting and took a straw poll. I posted it last night and some did not like it all. Said it was not a formal poll.

But hey, I like it.

[Catchawave]

6. I think the key word is "activist" poll...these are the people

working the state. Jim Webb won the Virginia straw poll over Harris Miller (the early fav among state Dems), the rest is history :patriot:

[madfloridian]

11. I think straw polls are often very important.

The polls drive me crazy. I see in the polls that Hillary is a shoo-in in Florida, no doubt at al. But there are very few in our Democrats here or in DFA who would pick her in the primary.

[saltpoint]

14. Good point. The Webb-Miller matchup was an interesting case for sure.

And when those activist people all got together and gave us Jim Webb in the Senate, it wasn't just Webb they gave us.

They also gave us a Senate without George Allen, and a Senate without George Allen is very definitely a superior chamber.

So those "activists" are owed a deep thanks.

:toast: :hi:
:thumbsup:
:dem:

[bigdarryl]

4. do these straw polls REALLY mean anything?

[saltpoint]

5. Yes.

[Czolgosz]

12. At this early stage, straw polls can mean more than other polls because most polls are measuring the

candidates' support in states where they aren't even campaigning yet. What you are measuring is name identification. In early caucus and primary states, polls offer a snapshot of how well the candidates' are getting their message out. Straw polls, in contrast, are polls limited to activists, and at this very early stage when the candidates are building their campaign infrastructure and ground support, a straw poll of support among such activists is a snapshot of how well the candidates are exciting the activists who join campaigns and provide ground support.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

18. And in this case

It's a straw poll among opinion leaders in the Maryland Democratic Party. Those polled are likely County Party Chairs and others whose opinion is extremely influential back home.

[GreenTea]

7. Excellent!

I'd love to see a Edwards/Kucinich ticket.

http://johnedwards.com/splash/
http://kucinich.us/

[Olney Blue]

8. Very interesting- thanks for the link!

[Cha]

9. Good cause I don't want this

primary decided for us by the media.

[Divine Discontent]

15. me neither zidzi!

I get so tired of roundtable discussion having LITTLE to NO talk of Edwards when discussing Hillary Clinton & Barack Obama. I'm like, "HELLLLO?!!! He's polling higher in several places than both of them?!!"... I think it's because, and remember, this is just OPINION, that he is the only strong (above 10%) white male who's running on the Dem side, and since all the Presidents in our past have been White men, they figure the odds are that a white man will be in again. I know many Dems who would never vote for Hillary in the primary, and some who wouldn't in a general election, and a couple who wouldn't vote for Obama in the primary.

www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable <<-- check it out, top '08 stuff

[Cha]

16. The media decided who

was going to be our Prez in 2000 & 2004 along with the 5 on the supreme court who betrayed our country and the systematic voter suppression & fraud implemented by karl(DON'T TOUCH ME!)rove).

The corporatemediawhores in the US are responsible for the decline of civilization.

And, YES, they are "FREEING THE SHIT OUT OF US" !!

[Divine Discontent]

20. right on!

and seeing your avatar makes me angry (you know why! lie-berman)

[Clark2008]

17. Please, no.

Don't force him and his mediocre resume on me. Noooooooooooooo! I'd rather have Clinton.

[JohnLocke]

19. ...

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