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Saturday, March 8, 2003 9:02 p.m. EST
Dems Look to Hillary to Rescue Party From
Sharpton
An unexpectedly strong early showing by Democratic Party
presidential hopeful Rev. Al Sharpton has party faithful
looking to Hillary Clinton to rescue Democrats in 2004.
With charismatically challenged candidates like Sens.
John Kerry, Joe Lieberman and John Edwards leaving
audiences yawning - and Sharpton wowing crowds wherever
he shows up - "U.S. News and World Report" predicts:
"If a favorite other than Sharpton doesn't become
obvious by late fall, look for a strong effort to draft
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton."
"The Iowa Democratic Party," says the magazine's
"Washington Whispers" column, "is already thinking that.
We hear it wants Clinton as the featured speaker at an
annual fall event - an invite that's irked Sen. John
Kerry."
Democratic strategists fear that Sharpton "could
actually score big" in the South, reports "Whispers."
Others predict that the radical reverend could even win
the South Carolina primary.
Last week, NewsMax.com's report that Sharpton is the
presidential frontrunner among New York City Democrats
in a recent Zogby International survey sent usually
reliable party organs like the Washington Post into fits
of apoplexy.
"Truth is, at this point, polls really don't mean much
of anything," huffed the Post's Terry Neal, who, along
with the rest of his media colleagues, was doing his
best not to notice the Sharpton coup until NewsMax
spilled the beans.
Mr. Neal, however, failed to explain why his paper and
so many others keep commissioning, let alone reporting
on, all those early, meaningless presidential polls.
The fact is, Rev, Sharpton is the nation's most popular
presidential candidate among black voters, according to
a separate Time/CNN poll. And if his supporters can't be
convinced to support a white Democrat come Nov. 2004,
the party's presidential prospects are toast.
No wonder party insiders are looking to the wife of
"America's first black president" to save the day.
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