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To: LindyBill who wrote (30344)	2/18/2004 4:27:54 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793759

From ABC News Kerry campaign reporter Ed O'Keefe: MIDDLETON, WI, Feb.17--On second thought, perhaps Senator Kennedy should have made a second trip down that ski jump after all. Nevertheless, the Kerry camp, in picking up a 15th nomination contest victory with a win in Wisconsin, is forced to ask, 'Since when isn't gold good enough?' Of the Senator nipping at Kerry's heels, a senior Kerry adviser poses a counter query, "The question is how many times you can come in second before you realize you didn't come in first?" Or, as Senator Kerry put it, "I think you can't run for president cherry-picking states here and there, picking up one or two delegates here and somewhere." Heading into a Veterans Museum in Madison, WI, the frontrunner continued, "A win's a win, and then you move on to the next location." But perhaps the strongest anecdotal evidence of the Kerry camp's pre-Wisconsin caution came when, for the first time, Kerry flaks failed to deliver to the press an embargoed copy of the Senator's victory. Curious considering even Iowa's upset didn't catch the crack Kerry speech camp by surprise. The next location(s) to which the Massachusetts Senator will travel have dual significance, several of the states essential in both the nomination contest and general election. The Kerry itinerary includes a Wednesday trip to Ohio, with the campaign promising to "hit the ground running in many of (the) March 2nd states" likely including Georgia, New York, Minnesota and California. While the Edwards charge certainly adds another level of significance to the 1,161-delegate heavy Super Tuesday, senior Kerry aides insist Wisconsin will not change their strategy of hitting President Bush while enjoying the free media in important swing states. The race for Kerry, it appears, remains not so much a delegate hunt as a momentum-fueled, multi-state media blitz. As for paid media, Kerry is not currently advertising in any of the pricey 3/2 markets but senior advisers have not ruled out state buys.