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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: calgal who wrote (3012)	7/4/2003 1:06:53 PM
From: SeachRE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10965

Lieberman is a fine man, but his religious background makes him unelectable, IMHO. Dean is a new face that might sell. Kerry is a loser. And Al Sharpton's slightly wacky. I'd favor Sharpton myself. He's so funny...

To: calgal who wrote (3012)	7/4/2003 1:59:03 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 10965

Kerry Campaign says it's now a Kerry-Dean race: If this can become so, than Kerry will win, but first he has to have Lieberman, Gephardt, Edwards and Graham fade. Those four have about 35% of the polled voter support now and few supporters of those four will ever back Dean. More likely they will go to Kerry. Meanwhile Dean have have hit his ceiling. How many more anti-war voters are there? He may peak at about 20% of the overall support. "This week, Kerry's staff began arguing that it's a two-person race between Kerry and Dean, which is better than a four-way race between Kerry and a bunch of other people. Kerry's haul for both quarters this year is more than $13 million-tops among all candidates. "This election is like the stock market," said Kerry spokesman Chris Lehane in his typically colorful style. "There are some that are blue chip stocks, there are some junk bonds and there are some are high-tech stocks. The junk bonds never really get off the ground. And the high-tech stocks soar high before crashing. I'll leave it to others to figure out who fits in those categories. Lehane continues: "For Dean to have moved up he had to walk by a couple others. I think right now it is sort of a Kerry and Dean race."

To: calgal who wrote (3012)	7/4/2003 2:32:50 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Respond to of 10965

The last national poll that I saw had Lieberman ahead of the other Democratic candidates. That doesn't mean much, however, given that we are still early into the process and very few people, other than political reporters and those of us on SI who obviously have nothing better to do, are focusing on next year's election. His strong showing is more a function of the fact that voters remember him from 2000. I don't expect Lieberman to go the distance. He got a late start because of his promise to hold off until Al Gore made his decision. He also suffers because he is essentially a nice guy without a real killer instinct. Dick Gephardt may be a stealth candidate. For what its worth nowadays, he has strong union support. He could surprise people in South Carolina. It is my understanding that he will probably have some strong support from the African-American community. Al Sharpton is no Jesse Jackson and I don't think that he is going to be much of a factor.