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.

[Carolinamom]

Jennings is WORSE than Koppel. No can turn to that.

[BCrago66]

Yep. Old Mr. Big Hair himself. I don't get them fancy cable channels, or I'd be watching Chris Matthews like you all.

[Fledermaus]

Yep, in his stupid victory speech tonight he whined about every single thing he voted for like the education bill and the Patriot Act he hammered Bush on.

[kristinn]

I half expected to see Dean reaching for an "oxygen" mask a la Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet.

[JulieRNR21]

If a supporter (although not absolute #1) could be taken aback by such a performance, think of a person just seeing him for the first time."

Good point....It was over the top....even Harkin in the background looked uneasy while Dean was raving!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Note to DUmbass lurkers: Your big union power base has been shown to be impotent. They backed both of tonight's big losers.

I guess Communism isn't as popular in Iowa as I thought.

[mylife]

I don't get them fancy cable channels, or I'd be watching Chris Matthews

Dang Chrissy is entertaining but i dont watch him

[toddly]

I was really hoping Dean would wait until he had the nomination to implode. Well at least I take comfort in the fact that Dems just blew 100 million dollars on a person that they now know is a freak.

[Sofa King]

LOL, Letterman is ripping Kerry right now.

[nutmeg]

Greta sounds ecstatic over John F'in Kerry's victory. As you said, Greta's husband works for Kerry's campaign!

[Morgan's Raider]

Yup. And he hammered eeeeeeeevul HMOs while the father of HMOs (the swim coach) was standing on stage with him.

[Peach]

Ditto!

OMG - Susan Estridge was just on Alan Colmes radio show and said that Kerry not only married Theresa for money but that he cheats on her and the Boston HErald is all over the story and has been for years.

Estridge says he's not QUITE as big a philanderer as Clinton, but close...!!!

[Lanza]

Did you just see what he did to Dean? The "unfair edit" with Dean saying "I'm gay"

[kcvl]

Contributions From Kerry's Top Fund-Raisers, 1999-2003*^



Alan Solomont
Solomont Bailis Ventures
MA
$694,827


Orin Kramer
Kramer Spellman
NY
$531,835


Ben Barnes
Entrecorp
TX
$466,250


Richard Ziman
Arden Realty
CA
$338,500

Mark Weiner
Financial Innovations
RI
$225,726


Bob Clifford
Clifford Law Offices
IL
$210,500


Mark Gorenberg
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
CA
$188,750


Hassan Nemazee
Nemazee Capital
NY
$187,000


James Johnson
Perseus
DC
$150,409


John Merrigan
Piper Rudnick
DC
$121,417


Jack Connors
Hill, Holiday
MA
$94,850


Louis B. Susman
Citigroup
IL
$91,250


Robert Crowe
Perkins, Smith & Cohen
MA
$89,539


Mike Ciresi
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
MN
$87,000


Alan Leventhal
Beacon Capital Partners
MA
$82,650


Jonathan Lavine
Bain Capital
MA
$72,500


Milton Ferrell
Ferrell Schultz
FL
$70,620


Tom Steyer
Farallon Capital Management
CA
$64,000


Bruce Percelay
Mount Vernon Co.
MA
$46,400


Ruth and Sonny Singer
Sonco
CA
$38,384


Mike Thorsnes
Thorsnes, Bartolotta & McGuire
CA
$35,639


Kirk Wagar
Wagar, Murray & Feit
FL
$32,750


David Roux
Silver Lake Partners
CA
$29,949


Bob Farmer
John Kerry for President
FL
$28,500


Stanley Toy
California Western Emergency Medical Group
CA
$19,000


Mac Bernstein
Piper Rudnick
DC
$13,000


Rodney Margol
Margol & Pennington
FL
$10,000


Cameron Kerry
Mintz, Levin, Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo
MA
$9,400


James Brenner
Investor
MA
$9,250


Clay Constantinou
Seton Hall University
NJ
$7,500


Manny Ortiz
Quinn Gillespie & Associates
DC/PR
$5,000


Lynn Schenk
State of California
CA
$5,000


TOTAL

$3,948,895



*Includes contributions from the 32 individuals and couples listed on the Kerry campaign Web site as of Jan. 14, 2004, as having raised $100,000 or more apiece. Also includes contributions from these individuals' immediate families.

^Based on data released by the Federal Election Commission on Dec. 8, 2003. Totals include PAC, soft money and individual contributions to federal candidates, party committees and leadership PACs, 1999-2003.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

"Son of a mill factory" manager" would be more accurate, although it's not quite as "just plain folks" as "son of a mill worker". Edwards' Daddy, if I'm not mistaken, was "boss man" at the mill, at least by the time Edwards was growing up.

I guess "son of a mill worker" sounds better than "son of a cracker".

[GulliverSwift]

[Torie]

senator, what ever possessed you to cast a vote that would have allowed Saddam Hussein to annex 75 % of the world known oil reserves?

I don't really think that something that long ago can be a killer bullet. Most of the Dems were in the same boat. Meanwhile the Democracy thing in Iraq has the potential to blow up a bit in Bush's face. The interesting thing will be to see how much Kerry's war record can cut into Bush country if he gets the nomination. As I said, the dangerous thing is that these rather talented politicians get a lot of practice in a primary campaign in jettisoning what doesn't sell. And Kerry and Edwards are both talented. Make no mistake about it. In fact, I smell a possible ticket.

Poor Dean. In some ways, I feel for him.

[BCrago66]

Wouldn't that be necrophelia for the women involved?

[kcvl]

JOHN KERRY (D)

Contributions by Geography
Cycle: 2004 All Cycles*

Massachusetts
$12,710,037
36%

California
$5,955,661
17%

New York
$4,246,278
12%

Florida
$1,453,190
4%

Other States
$10,805,311
31%




Top Metro Areas:
Boston, MA-NH
$10,616,518

New York
$3,682,670

Los Angeles-Long Beach
$2,412,939

Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV
$2,214,790

San Francisco
$1,521,092



Top Zip Codes:
10021 (New York, NY)
$651,089

02116 (Boston, MA)
$644,996

02138 (Cambridge, MA)
$513,186

02108 (Boston, MA)
$354,075

90210 (Beverly Hills, CA)
$318,375

10022 (New York, NY)
$317,574

02193 (WESTON , MA)
$304,098

02146 (BROOKLINE , MA)
$297,317

10028 (New York, NY)
$255,325

20007 (Washington, DC)
$254,425



* All Cycles displays total contributions to this candidate's federal campaigns since the 1989-1990 election cycle.

[mylife]

LOL! Susan! You go girl!...er ahh.. you go guy ! I mean You go!