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Safire: The Edwards Surprise
The New York Times ^
| 02/18/04
| William Safire
Posted on 02/17/2004 7:52:03 PM PST by Pokey78
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To: Pokey78
"CAN I GET A LOVE OFFERING?"
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posted on
02/17/2004 9:02:40 PM PST
by
Paul Atreides
(Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
To: okie01
Prediction:
We'll see a growing number of Clark photo op appearances with Kerry - a sign Kerry reaching out, maybe desperately, to the Soros/McAuliffe/Clinton/Hollywood money behind Clark.
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posted on
02/17/2004 9:03:10 PM PST
by
Shermy
To: Pokey78
If Dean had taken the Grossman gas pipe and announced he would quit, I believe his anti-establishment vote would have split 2 to 1 for the Southerner Edwards, putting him way over the top and in Wisconsin, by yimminy, where voters can hardly understand a word he's saying.Maybe it's the (political) season and Bill is re-energized or something, but Safire has been churning out some very astute, very entertaining columns lately.
To: Pokey78
I think Edwards would be harder to beat and not nearly as much fun as Kerry.
Go, Kerry, go!
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posted on
02/17/2004 9:07:12 PM PST
by
lonestar
(Don't mess with Texans)
To: Pokey78
If the American media had played the Polier story the way that the British media did, Kerry might have come in 3rd in Wisconsin...even with Alex's denial.
It's hard to say which scenario works best for Bush...maybe to have Kerry win most of the remaining primaries, and then for another bimbo eruption to occur.
To: per loin
Bump for excellence in posting.
To: Pokey78
The talking heads probably have all seen that tv interview with that young woman he doesn't even know...practically.. well, hardly at all...and besides her father now says he's a swell guy!
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posted on
02/17/2004 9:16:09 PM PST
by
hershey
To: Pokey78
Although Dean is not a kingmaker, he can be the frontrunner-maker.. By throwing his waning strength (and Web fund-raising) to Edwards, he could help transform a routine Boston coronation into a neck-and-neck race down the homestretch. I'd prefer the routine Boston coronation, thankyouverymuch. As I understand this game, delegates are only pledged to vote for the candidate whose name they ran under on the first ballot. If nobody wins on the first ballot, they start to compromise, which rhymes with thunderthighs, and that spells H-I-L-L-A-R-Y. Let's not get all terrified of Kerry because the media is having multiple orgasms over the guy. They always do that. He's a Democrat, and so are they. But Kerry is McGovern in a Dukakis hat, and he's going to go down the same way. Let's take that while we can still get it. If Kerry doesn't walk in there with enough delegates to put himself over the top on the first ballot, the nomination will be decided by some serious smash-mouth backroom politics. That process is almost certain to produce Hillary Clinton as the "compromise" nominee. Go, John, go! All the way to the convention! After that you're toast, but you'll be fun to bat around for a few months. |
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posted on
02/17/2004 9:17:51 PM PST
by
Nick Danger
(Spotted owl tastes like chicken)
To: okie01
Kerry wants the presidential pension and perks, otherwise he has to spend the rest of his life on his knees. Lovie Heinz Kerry is no walk in the park.
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posted on
02/17/2004 9:20:26 PM PST
by
hershey
To: Shermy
"We'll see a growing number of Clark photo op appearances with Kerry - a sign Kerry reaching out, maybe desperately..." There isn't much action between now and Super Tuesday, March 2, when ten states will be up for grabs.
California, New York and Ohio will be the big'uns.
Georgia is presumably in Edwards' pocket. Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut would seem to belong to Kerry. Can a terminally wounded Dean even carry Vermont?
Who knows how Minnesota and Maryland might go.
Taking us back to California, New York and Ohio. Kerry needs to win two of them, in order to maintain his momentum. If he loses two, he's road kill.
I'm guessing Clark could best help Kerry in California -- where the average Democrat voter is more addled, a little weirder than your run-of-the-mill Rust Belt 'Rat.
Jeez. Evaluating the Democrat primaries is like handicapping a $1000 claimer, ain't it?
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posted on
02/17/2004 9:24:19 PM PST
by
okie01
(www.ArmorforCongress.com...because Congress isn't for the morally halt and the mentally lame.)
To: okie01
You've nailed it!
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posted on
02/17/2004 9:41:26 PM PST
by
lainde
(Heads up...We're coming and we've got tongue blades!!)
To: per loin
"So far, Susan Estrich is the only talkface on TV that I've seen with the balls to state that the Dems are running in secret backroom terror over the Kerry sex scandals>"
They ought to be worried about how hateful John Kerry is and whether or not the American people can tolerate his nasty personality. I have a 15 second rule. If I hear him on the radio or see him on TV I change the channel within 15 seconds. If he is elected I will have to become a hermit because I simply cannot stand him. I can't think of anybody in public life that is as cold, and snobby and in love with himself as Kerry.
To: per loin
"So far, Susan Estrich is the only talkface on TV that I've seen with the balls to state that the Dems are running in secret backroom terror over the Kerry sex scandals?"
They wouldn't be if the rumors were not true. Oh please not another one in the White House. Not another Democrat adulterous, old codger sleezebag.
To: Notasoccermom
Susan Estrich has always had a thing for John Edwards. From the beginning, a year ago, she kept saying John Edwards is the one to watch.
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:02:31 AM PST
by
tinamina
To: DestroytheDemocrats
Teresa Heinz did not look particualarly thrilled this evening, even when John was praising her to the skies. She didn't crack a smile. Wonder why that is?
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:10:25 AM PST
by
tinamina
To: Pokey78; *Edwards Watch
To: DestroytheDemocrats
On Kerry's personality:
Those who missed it should go to thread 1079861, reply #67 yesterday ("McCain: Hanoi Hilton Guards Taunted POWs with Kerry's Testimony"), for some first-hand stories about Kerry.
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