IA caucus - Kerry 38% (winner), Edwards 32%, Dean 18% (97% reporting) (Gephardt drops out)

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[calvin sun]

FYI it's being carried live on Cspan. They said coverage starts at 7 pm ET, with the actual caucus at 7:30 pm ET.

[finnman69]

Joe Scarborough just said about Dean"that is the worst spech i have ever heard". matthews, all are ripping on Dean.

[Tree of Liberty]

Details please. I didn't see it.

[Mr. Mojo]

I am really scared about Edwards.

Me too. He's the only one without serious mental problems of the ones who still have a chance. And he's disarming, well-spoken, and dapper.

[Howlin]

MAJOR GARRET POINTING OUT THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AMERICAN FLAGS HAVE BEEN AT A DEAN RALLY!

[Will_Zurmacht]

howard dean speeches are scaring my dog...
not a good sign.

imagine what little old lady voters must think.

course some are familiar with the Dean speeches...
they remember them from their youth in Berlin, before daddy was sent to the camp......

[Mo1]

For heaven's sake. Dean appears to be a part of the Lunatic Fringe. I thought he was going to bust a blood vessel in his neck.

I'm still trying to pick up my jaw .. OMG, LOL

[Dan from Michigan]

I just don't think a Kerry would sell here among blue collar social conservatives in the Midwest. That elitism just drips.

Can he sell out in Youngstown, Macomb, the Iron Range and surrounding area(Really from the UP to Duluth), and with the union folk in general?

I remember Dukakis's tank debacle out in Warren.....

[Carolinamom]

Dean is giving a Bravado performance........won't quit. He's tasted the political apple and wants more bites. Sounds like he wants a bushelful too.

[oceanview]

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

At least Dean knows all the states. It sounded like he was a crazy child in the third grade reading off of a map.

[lavrenti]

Just reading everyone's comments about Dean is all I need to know about his speech.

Must be a "precious moment."

[CFC__VRWC]

The [Edwards] campaign is broke, and he has debts from his Senate campaign too.

That'll change after his showing tonight.

[BCrago66]

Anyone know how to record RealVideo? I've like to record it off the C-Span archives, because this meltdown is a keeper.

[Howlin]

Matthews said that Dean makes HIM (Matthews) look like Jim Lehner (sp?)

[Theodore R.]

I'm seriously thinking he is unbalanced and belongs in a mental hospital.

VT does produce outrageous politicians sometimes -- remember that funny old "Republican" guy (now deceased) called "Fred" who "campaigned against" the evil Patrick Leahy a few years back. He wound up endorsing Leahy in the campaign. And then VT always has Bernie Sanders for comic relied! All they need is Tom Poston of the old Newhart show to move up there and run for something.

[mylife]

he's disarming, well-spoken, and dapper.

(edwards)

Dangerous indeed

[Pukin Dog]

I think a third party is Dean's only hope. Go Dean!

This is better than Seinfeld reruns.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Fox News mercifully cut away from Dean, to help save him from himself. CNN still has him.

[Fledermaus]

Sounded like that song, "Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me..."

[Torie]

He was shrieking in a manicial manner (no exaggeration) a list of all the other states he would win, which were most of them.