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...Kerry seems to be the acceptable choice of the Democratic establishment, but that's the problem. Many of us watched while congressional Dems sheepishly handed President Bush the power to invade Iraq. By the time of the Iowa caucuses, Kerry had successfully co-opted Howard Dean's message of taking on the entrenched corporate interests that dominate our political process. But Kerry isn't credible as a true populist. Federal records show that he has taken more money from lobbyists than any other Senator over the past 15 years. Those facts only confirm what many of us feel: anybody...
...reason Kerry hasn't more effectively laid out his vision is because he hasn't had to. The front-loaded primary schedule has given him a relatively easy ride since he surged ahead of an imploding Howard Dean in Iowa. Never since the parties first developed the current nomination process after the contentious 1968 election have so many states voted so quickly. Only 15 days after Iowa caucused and a week after New Hampshire voted, seven states had cast their ballots. Other candidates had little time for retail campaigning and couldn't count on the money and media attention Kerry...
...state parties to favor frontrunners and avoid a divisive primary season that leaves a bloody, bruised nominee to face the President. Ironically, it initially looked like the system would favor outsider Howard Dean, who won the pre-primary season before killing his campaign with a dreadful last month before Iowa. During that month, Democrats who weren't Deaniacs took a long look at Dean and decided the party needed the candidate least like the former Vermont governor. That was Kerry...
...raise $400,000 at one event in New York City on Feb. 5, two days after Kerry won five contests across the country; the night's final bottom line reached $750,000. The campaign says a total of $6.5 million has poured in since his first win in Iowa...
Dean's blog came back to bite him after Iowa. Usually filled with notes praising the candidate, the site was suddenly jammed with Deaniacs openly worrying about his "dinosauric yells." On Edwards' website, supporters are often more candid than the upbeat candidate himself. "It is hard to watch the JRE campaign continuing to spin these second-place finishes," wrote one. "We need to WIN." Nor is there any way to be sure that these comments are coming from actual supporters. They could as easily be posted by opponents trying to sow discontent...