Darn tootin'
By Jim Dallas
The New York Post says Howard Dean is now the unquestioned frontrunner in the race for the Democratic nomination (via Political Wire):
July 31, 2003 -- SUDDENLY, Democrats are coming smack up against a stunning fact: anti-war upstart Howard Dean has become their 2004 presidential front-runner.
He's the only Dem moving up in the polls. And Sen. John Kerry (Mass.) - the early quasi-front-runner with lots of establishment support after Al Gore dropped out in December - is going nowhere now.
Consider the tests of a front-runner. Take fund-raising. Dean, a physician and former governor of Vermont, topped the Dem pack in the last quarter by raking in $7.6 million.
No rival comes close in Internet savvy. Dean raised $507,000 on the 'Net last weekend in a whimsical "Cheney challenge" just to show his supporters could top Vice President Dick Cheney's $300,000 lunch. No other Dem could hope to do it.
Or take the first two test states that vote next January. Dean is either ahead or tied for the lead in Iowa. He tops the last few public polls in New Hampshire over Kerry by as many as three percentage points - but private polls are said to show a much bigger lead.
National polls don't matter that much right now - Iowa and New Hampshire are the key - but this week's Zogby national poll had Dean tied with Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.) and Rep. Dick Gephardt (Mo.) at 12 and Kerry at 9 percent.
Hey, maybe KOS isn't crazy after all...
Posted by Jim Dallas at July 31, 2003 12:22 PM
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Howard Dean is now the unquestioned frontrunner in the race for the Democratic nomination
And Karl Rove is laughing his ass off.
Run Dean Run! Just like a Texas Democrat runs whenever faced with something he/she can't handle!
Doesn't matter anyway, you're all gonna lose to the Big Bush anyways.
