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From my friends in NH (none / 0)

I have a number of very active friends in NH - they claim the NH primary was saved the moment Dean won the DNC chair.

Of course, the more front loaded the system, the more Iowa and NH matter. Why the rest of the States don't understand this is beyond me.

In general, this cannot be good news for Hillary.  Neither the Iowa caucuses nor the NH primary really are set-up well for her.  The Iowa caucuses are more liberal than most of the other events in primary season, and Hillary is polling around 30% in NH - a bad sign for the front runner.  At some point I will write a diary about polling at this point in NH - contrary to what most think - they are actually pretty good at predicting when the front runner is vulnerable.

by fladem on Sat Oct 01, 2005 at 05:46:14 PM EST

Re: From my friends in NH (3.00 / 1)

Well, when New Hamshire plays a huge role in determining the nominee, if they start turning from the front-runner, by defenition they are vulnerable. The last two Presidents of the United States (both of whom are two-termers) lost New Hampshire when they first ran. Kerry and Gore won the New Hampshire primary, but they lost. Same with Dukakis. The types of candidates who tend to win New Hampshire are the kinds who tend to lose in the general election. And Iowa? Don't get me started on them. They voted for Kerry before they voted against him. They basically made him our nominee and then voted against him in the general election. We need a more representative state or states leading off the primaries.
by dole4pineapple on Sat Oct 01, 2005 at 09:49:07 PM EST
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Re: From my friends in NH (none / 0)

I think we should all be able to understand what Kerry is saying .. if you can take a person, who is serious and trying to say something about 10 thousand page, cram packed with slimy pork - war bill that includes a line item for body armour and three line items to line the pockets of sleazy wealthy campaign contributors...

folks, kerry still has a message for you: wake up. lets get real.

Dean won't change anything, he'll run it just like
McAuliffe. But the voters can change everything.

by turnerbroadcasting on Sun Oct 02, 2005 at 04:58:36 PM EST
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