2004 Presidential Election
The Daily Kos reports on yesterday's Michigan and Washington caucus results. Those crazy Dean kids really got out the vote for their man in Washington. 30% was a great showing. Maybe Wisconsin is wide open after all.
Colorado's own Gail Schoettler counsels the candidates in the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination in her column in today's Denver Post [February 8, 2004, "The ability to reel them in"]. Says Schoettler, "The winner of this Democratic slugfest must continue to articulate a vision of what he will do better than President Bush, and why that is important to voters. He must manage his followers so they don't turn on him if he falters - and falter he will. It will be his ability to fight back from these rough encounters that will give voters the confidence they need in his ability to lead."
Here are some early poll numbers for the next three Presidential primaries from the Taegan Goddard. Howard Dean's campaign has signaled that Wisconsin is the make or break state for their campaign. Quoting Goddard, "Wisconsin (Kerry 41, Clark 15, Edwards 10, Dean 9)."
The wear and tear of the Vietnam war took it's toll on President Johnson. He eventually dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination in 1968. The Iraq war has the potential to effect this year's Presidential election. Dani Newsum speaks out on the subject of missing WMD in Iraq in her weblog in yesterday's Denver Post. According to Ms. Newsum, "The United Nations had it right. Hans Blix, the former head of the U.N.'s weapons inspection team, and Mohamed El Baradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, had it right. "Old Europe" - France and Germany - had it right. Russia, Canada and Mexico had it right. Dennis Kucinich and Al Sharpton had it right. For god[base ']s sake, the Dixie Chicks had it right. Now that the truth is slapping the president in the face and in the polls, the Lone Ranger suddenly wants some company, to spread around the fallout. And he's appointed a commission whose members will see that he gets it. Must get pretty lonely on top of that mountain of lies, eh?"
Update: Blogs for Bush has a link to the online transcript from President Bush's appearance on "Meet the Press" today. Here's a post about the show from TalkLeft.
Update: Howard Dean's campaign has the final results from Michigan and Washington, along with the delegate count.
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