2004 Presidential Election
John Kerry won the New Hampshire primary yesterday by a wide margin over Howard Dean. Wesley Clark and John Edwards rounded out the top 4. Dean's campaign is still alive but he did not get the close finish with Kerry that he hoped for. John Edwards did not expect to win in NH and finished well behind Kerry and Dean. Most surprising was Wesley Clark's weak finish. His campaign has not taken off after stumbles in the early weeks after he declared his candidacy. Next week the Super Seven states vote leaving the candidates little time to rest.
Howard Dean plans to campaign in all seven states. It will be interesting to see if the other candidates follow suit. John Edwards was leading in South Carolina in last week's polls. South Carolina is seen as a gauge for Southern voters. Arizona and New Mexico also vote next week.
Here's the coverage from the Denver Post [January 28, 2004, "Kerry rolls on in N.H."]. Here's the coverage from the AP via the Rocky Mountain News [January 28, 2004, "Kerry Looks Ahead After Big Win in N.H."].
If you watched some of the coverage of the New Hampshire primary and wondered why such a small state, with voters that look like only one part of the population here in Colorado, with a total population was about half of the Metro Denver population, has such a say in national politics, February 3rd is your day. Why not go down to Arizona or New Mexico and help out the candidate of your choice? The primary states are not just for Democrats. Rudy Giuliani (purported by some to be in line to replace Dick Cheney on the Republican ticket) and John McCain were in New Hampshire stumping for George Bush.
  Denver to Albuquerque is 6 hours, 50 minutes, 446.90 miles, take I-25 all the way. Stop in Sante Fe for some great food and Taos for a little snowboarding.
Denver to Phoenix is 13 hours, 42 minutes, 910.68 miles. Take I-25 to I-40 to I-17 to I-10. I might go through Cortez instead (take US 160 west at Walsenuburg) but then I might not end up in Phoenix. The Four Corners is Coyote Gulch country.
Update: Here's the current delegate count for the Democratic nomination from CNN.
Update: Taegan Goddard is linking to some of the poll numbers for the Super Seven states next Tuesday.
Update: Here are a bunch of poll numbers from the Daily Kos and the February prmary calendar.
Update: Joe Trippi is leaving the Dean campaign. This is huge news since Trippi is largely credited with building Dean's Internet organization and is somewhat of a cult figure amongt Internet political junkies. Well we've been pretty beat up since Iowa anyway.  Dave Winer comments on the shakeup at the Dean campaign.
Update: Josh Marshall: "This has to be one of the most bizarre turns of events I've seen in Dem politics in a very long time."
Update: Tom Burka lets us know the opinion we should have about the New Hampshire primary.
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