Survey USA-SC: Edwards in first, 32%, 15 points ahead of Clark in 2nd.

[AP]

http://www.surveyusa.com/currentelectionpolls.html

If you don't win SC, drop out. :)

[chimpymustgo]

1. Great news. Thanks for posting.

Needed that.

[lastknowngood]

15. Red state dons't matter.

n/t

[AP]

19. In the primary they do. They have more than half of the votes you need to

get nominated. Blue states will vote democratic in the GE, so read states matter even more then.

[mlawson]

23. NH was red in 2000. n/t

[WI_DEM]

2. Groovy!!

Dean is still tied for second only a point behind Clark. If Dean gets some momentum out of NH tonight he definitely should work on a 2nd place showing in SC.

I think Edwards will solidify his advantage in SC because I think he will come in third in NH tonight.

[spooky3]

3. This is great but SurveyUSA was pretty far off on Iowa, so

I'm not going to get too excited yet! :-)

[Edwards4President]

4. Wow

[For PaisAn]

5. Does that go for all the candidates?

I don't think SC is a must win for any of the candidates. You sound like the talking heads on FOX deciding who should drop out and when. Let it play out and we'll see what happens.

[AP]

6. smiley face -- it's a joke -- referring to the other post asking if...

...john edwards should drop out if he loses SC...which sounds like a talking head on Fox's question, to me.

[TexasSissy]

7. This can't be right. Kerry was in 2nd place yesterday (ARG).

[AP]

9. ARG presumes 39% black turnout. It's the lowest of all polls.

(That's from memory -- correct me if I'm wrong.)

If a candidate gets disproportionate black support or white support, the results will be different.

I don't know what S-USA is presuming, but it's probably higher, thus noticeably different results.

[TexasSissy]

8. Clark will win OK & AZ. Should Edwards drop out if he doesn't

win OK or AZ? Of course not. It's not ONE state that matters....it's that another candidate besides Kerry will have to start winning more than one state sooner or later. That takes $$$, something Edwards doesn't have much of.

[AP]

11. Man, people are on edge. It's a reference to the other thread.

[anti-bush]

12. Ooooh

Can you tell me what Edwards' campaign finances look like right now? I've been trying to find out. Maybe you know something nobody else does.

[AP]

17. Furthermore, no amount of money is going to buy Clark better campaign...

...skills.

They should put Clark's resume in his son's personality, and then they'd have a candidate who could win.

[denverbill]

10. Great! How does he come up head to head v Bush in SC?

Still losing 2-1?

[AP]

14. Guarantee you he has a better chance of beating Bush than Dean in SC and

in every state within 1000 miles of SC south of the Mason-Dixon.

[citizen snips]

13. Great news!!!!

Edwards is going to do good in the south.:bounce:

[adadem]

16. Since when

does South Carolina decide who the nominee is...lot's more states to go...Kerry has a stong lead in Michigan.

[AP]

18. See posts 6 and 11 and read the other thread which suggests Edwards

should drop out if he loses SC.

Should I assume that you'll go over there right now and paste this same argument in defense of Edwards remaining in the race if he loses SC?

[For PaisAn]

22. please provide link and I will

Still at work and can't search for it but I'll present the same argument in the other thread.

[AP]

25. Go tell 'em you think Edwards should stay in if loses SC:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=206437

[For PaisAn]

28. done

[OKNancy]

20. Request to AP

You know, I like Edwards. I was for him ( and Kerry too) before Clark got in. Lots of Clark people have spoken well of Edwards.
Please please don't start acting like those other supporters ( you know who I mean) who were obnoxious and uppity.
You'll turn people off. You may need the support of Clarkies in the future.

[AP]

21. Very confused.

Which post do you think is uppity?

See post 18. There's another thread here suggesting Edwards should drop out if he doesn't win SC. I was making a joke about that one. It seems like nobody wants to hear that said about their favorite candidates. When I make a joke by writing the inverse of that statement, nobody likes to hear it either, in the form of a joke, even though they're agreeing with the sentiment when it's said about Edwards.

[OKNancy]

24. I got the joke

It's just something I've noticed...a trend if you will.
And I forgot to add in the first post, that I have always enjoyed your posts and think you have a good head on your shoulders.

[AP]

26. Anytime anyone thinks I'm taking a turn for the worse, speak up.

This is the second time someone's said this today, and the second time they couldn't say exactly what it was that I said.

For the first time, I'm explaining in a post here or there why I think Clark and Kerry might be weak candidates. I'm only being honest. Don't confuse that with being cocky.

[chimpymustgo]

27. AP, we've got your back. You are our fearless leader LOL.

nt