Poll: Democrat Kerry Opens Big Leads in Missouri, Arizona

[Wetzelbill]

Poll: Democrat Kerry Opens Big Leads in Missouri, Arizona
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By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent

GREENVILLE, S.C. (Reuters) - John Kerry (news - web sites), on a roll after winning the first two Democratic presidential contests, has opened big leads in Missouri and Arizona and is challenging for the top spot in South Carolina and Oklahoma, according to a Reuters/MSNBC/Zogby poll released on Friday.


Kerry has opened a 34-point lead in Missouri and a 21-point lead in Arizona, and trails John Edwards (news - web sites) by 1 point in South Carolina and Wesley Clark (news - web sites) by 8 points in Oklahoma in a three-day tracking poll of the four states.


Howard Dean (news - web sites), the one-time front-runner whose high-flying campaign has plummeted dramatically in recent weeks, was in third place in Arizona, Missouri and South Carolina and fourth place in Oklahoma. Arizona was the only state where Dean registered double-digit support, at 12 percent.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&ncid=584&e=5&u=/nm/20040130/pl_nm/campaign_poll_dc

[Avalux]

1. Excuse me

but how the hell can Kerry have a 34 point lead in Missouri and a 21 point lead in Arizona??? I don't get it.

[diamond14]

2. because we are hard-working enthusiastic volunteers for Kerry

why not join us???

we'd love to have you....

Go Kerry....beat bush*
http://www.JohnKerry.com

[girl gone mad]

3. Because I don't think..

Kerry has the goods to beat Bush.

[jjs]

8. Kerry

Does anyone really think Kerry is electable? I want Bush out more than any other but if we're against a Bush/Giuliani ticket like I hear about, I don't see much happening from Kerry. Plus, I really don't feel comfortable nominated a man alledgedly in a secret, Yale society (Skull and Bones) with the Supremem Court chosen president. I'm more of an Anyone but Bush supporter, and I have to say that Edwards looks the best due to his electability.

[girl gone mad]

4. Kerry's pretty much all alone in MO.

I don't think anyone else has been campaigning there yet.

[codegreen]

5. people want a winner

there's the hype, and he's a winner, and everyone can see his broad range appeal and experience. he's a man people can believe is already president. i love Clark too, but it looks like this election may be going to Kerry for many reasons, some fair, some not so fair.

[GalleryGod]

11. Read Some Political History-Try Making of the President 1972

then move on to Witcover & Germond's "Marathon" the story of the 1976 race....it's all there -just like THIS year...nothing new;Nothing Revol-luuuuuu-tionar-Y! Nothing.

Your Man in the Faculty Nook of the S.U.B., wrapping up a long week,:hangover:

G.G.:smoke:

[MoonAndSun]

6. This morning the local NPR station was interviewing people here in

Phoenix, AZ and they all repeated that mantra, "electability". They have fallen for the meme of Kerry being the only one who has "electability". It made me ill.

Anyone of the top 4 candidates can beat bush*, but the only thing the Dem voters hear is "electability" and Kerry.

[thedudeingeorgia]

10. Kerry will not beat Bush

Yes, I said it....and will say it again.

Not that Dean has a chance either of beating Bush.

Whenever I talk to friends about who has the best chance of
sending Bush back to Crawford, Texas, Kerry and Dean are
usually the first ones that my Republican friends want to see
get the nomination. Why?  Because either one of them would be
a cakewalk for Bush in November.

Democrats nationwide should be appalled by this.  The only way
Bush will be defeated is by a candidate with Southern roots
(Edwards or Clark), has true military leadership qualities
(Clark - I'd take a General over a Lieutenant any day), and
someone who is a true outsider in Washington (Clark is the
only candidate that meets that criteria)....

I think a Clark-Edwards ticket will do a lot better than a
Kerry-Edwards ticket.

[GalleryGod]

12. YOUR educated opinion and you are welcome to it.

All empirical evidence to the absolute contrary.

G.G.:smoke:

[EXE619K]

7. I will support losers...

and will continue to support losers.

At least I'll sleep well at night.

[uberotto]

9. Ever Wonder how Dean managed to spend 40 Million

so fast? This should help you to understand.

Trippi believed that whomever won Iowa and New Hampshire, while not clenching the nomination, they would win the battle for the media and the even more important battle of perception.

Kerry is getting a HUGE bounce in all of the polls because people believe that he can win.

While I don't completely agree with Trippi's handling of the Dean campaign, I do agree with his insights. In other words, Trippi knew what needed to be done, just not exactly how to do it.

Kerry is going to be hard to beat in any of the remaining Primaries. I'll continue to pull for Dean, maybe even send him a little more cash to help him pay his bills, but I'm starting to think that his chances aren't looking so good.

[GalleryGod]

13. Please don't send any more-Spend it on a Date;Spend it on Mom-

Spend it on Yourself. These folks,under Trippi & whomever -were so "in touch with the working man" they stiffed a local deli owner a sandwich bill for $983.00 in Iowa. :shrug:

Spend it on yourself-You' ll feel better. Your instincts are correct. See Tsongas,1992.

Still Stuck in the Faculty Nook of the S.U.B.:donut: ,
G.G.:smoke:

[diamond14]

15. dean-team ripped off thousands of young unsuspecting teens

and did it almost entirely on the Internet....a new technique for campaign fraud....

dean is fully responsible for this scandal....does anyone think dean can run the budget of the whole country, if he can't even run the budget of his own campaign? and I am certain they were all 'partying hardy' on young people's Internet donations...it's pathetic....


Go Kerry...beat bush*
http://www.JohnKerry.com

[girl gone mad]

16. You posted some pretty serious allegations there.

Can you back them up or should I alert a moderator?

[Malva Zebrina]

14. I will vote for whoever gets the nomination

I think all are/were good men/woman. I am sorry to see Dean go down like this, I admired his energy and his spunk in speaking out clearly against Bush, setting a tone that forced the others to also address the issues.

My intuition tells me that Kerry is lacking something--does not convey that energy. I think he is too entrenched and frankly I am tired of business as usual from the conress. He will have no recourse but to continue along that mode. He is not earthshaking and I do not like his recent photo ops much either--then, I did not like Dean's religious pandering either.

I don't think Kerry has it--but he is a good man like all the rest.

[leesa]

17. Our candidate has been chosen for us by the GOP media

Are we going to let it happen again?