2004 Presidential Election
Update:
The Boston Globe is reporting the Dean has a double digit lead in New Hampshire.
AP: "One of the nation's largest unions will wait until November to decide which Democrat to endorse in next year's presidential race. Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said Friday the most important criteria will be finding the candidate with the best chance of winning the White House." Thanks to the Daily Kos for the link.
The role of the Western U.S. is the subject of this article in the Denver Post [September 7, 2003, "Presidential hopefuls look to West"]. From the article, "The eight states that make up what is known as the interior West - Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming - contain a quarter of the country's land mass. And its population is growing: Colorado grew at a faster rate than any state except Nevada and Arizona and added more people between April 2000 and July 2001 than all but six states, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But the hard truth is that the region combined only has 40 electoral votes, while California alone has 54. For years, the area has also been edged out by other states whose primaries occur much earlier in the schedule. As a result, issues close to Westerners' hearts - public land management, wildlife, water, energy, farming and forestry - are sometimes given little attention."
Jim Spencer weighs in on the debate in Albuquerque Thursday night in his column in the Denver Post [September 7, 2003, "Democrats low on charisma at N.M. debate"]. Mr. Spencer was unimpressed by the 8 presidential candidates.
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