In one ward, early signs point to Kerry

[Shrek]

Just posted on MSNBC:

MANCHESTER, N.H. - On a chilly primary day in New Hampshire, voters arrived in twos and threes at the Parker Varney School in Ward 10 on the west side of Manchester.

Ward 10 Democrats are socially conservative, non-Ivy League blue collar people and in MSNBC.com’s strictly unscientific sampling Tuesday morning, many of them were voting for Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry.

“It’s a very stable ward, a blue-collar ward, a lot of really hard working people,” said State Sen. Lou D’Allesandro, a supporter of Sen. John Edwards. The average purchase price of a house in Ward 10 is in the $100,000 range.

In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore narrowly beat George Bush in this ward, but two years later, Ward 10 voters backed Republican Senate candidate John Sununu over Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, by 53 percent to 47 percent.


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1. maybe

in MSNBC.com’s strictly unscientific sampling Tuesday morning, many of them were voting for Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry.

Can they be any vaguer??

[lancdem]

2. Check out this comment from a Repuke voting for Bush

Even though the big show on Tuesday is on the Democratic side, there is also a Republican primary and Ward 10 Republican Michael Coulon showed up at the polling place to show his support for Bush.
Coulon, a part-time Tai Chi teacher and full-time custom picture framer, said, “Its’ going to be a close race (in November). I’d like to see President Bush. I don’t agree with everything he’s been doing, especially giving benefits to foreign workers, but everything else I think he’s been doing a very good job. I really think the Democrats are lacking in solid thinking on foreign policy.”
And who’d be the toughest Democratic candidate for Bush to defeat? “I still think Lieberman,” Coulon said. “I’m very impressed him, he’s very intelligent and he’s a much more solid candidate than any of the other Democrats.”

The only thing I agree with him on is it's going to be a close race in November. Bush strong in foreign policy? Hahahahaha

[NewYorkerfromMass]

3. On Kerry: the others do not have the full experience he has

"He knows the workings of things in Washington, he knows how it operates,” said John Moran. “These other men do not have the full experience he has.” Catherine said at one point they considered supporting Dean. But her husband said, “Out in Iowa, Dean sort of blew his top, don’t you think so?”

Another Ward 10 Kerry voter, Marie Ricard, a housewife with two daughters, said, “I was debating between Dean and Kerry, the two strong people in the campaign. Basically it came down to health care. My husband has a small company so health care’s a big issue. We pay for it privately every month and it’s very expensive. There needs to be some sort of national health plan. Kerry is very strong on that.”

Of Dean’s health care proposal, Ricard said, “I know Dean has done a lot for the children in Vermont. He seemed to focus more on children under 18, which is all fine and dandy, but we want the big plan for adults."

[SheilaT]

4. What a shame they don't know

that Dean brought 90 something percent of all people in Vermont into a health plan. Kerry may be very strong, but he doesn't seem to have gotten most Americans covered in all his years in the Senate.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

5. Kerry 1 of 100. Only 2 years with a Dem Pres. and congress

Hillary and Bill couldn't do it.

[GalleryGod]

6. My Brother-In-Law A Small Businessman from Brattleboro says-

Dean's Health care "plan" was an unmitigated DISASTER!
AND the Health Insurance Companies got to wallow in Cash after the "Dean Reforms".

He voted for Dean ONCE..."that was enough".

[blm]

7. Wrong. Dean INHERITED 91% of people covered

when he took over. In fact, the CHIPS bill Kerry and Kennedy crafted extended healthcare coverage to all children in every state including Vermont.