U.S. Election Update: Gephardt Rumored to Be Withdrawing
"Timothy R. Butler" <[email protected]> Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:36:16 -0600
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Iowa Caucuses for the Democratic presidential nomination are wrapping up. According to CNN, over 90% of precincts are now reporting. As it stands, John Kerry (D-Mass) is nabbing 38% of the caucus votes. John Edwards (D-N.C.) a rising star of recent weeks nabbed a second place finish with 31% of the vote. National poll leader Gov. Howard Dean (D-Vermont) came in a surprising third at just 18% of the vote. However, perhaps the biggest shocker was Rep. Richard Gephardt's (D-Mo.) fourth place finish, giving him just 11% of the vote, according to CNN.com. Gephardt, a long time representative of St. Louis, Missouri, was expected to be one of two contenders (the other being Dean) in Iowa, a state he had won in his last presidential bid (1988). CNN reports that Gephardt's weak showing in what was generally considered "his territory" will lead to his announcing a Withdraw from the race. The no. 2 leader in the polls, Rt. Gen. Wesley Clark (D) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Con.) both made little or no showing in the caucuses, perhaps a reflection of the fact that both skipped campaigning in Iowa and concentrated on New Hampshire, where a primary contest will take place next Tuesday. Sen. Lieberman appears to be the most conservative of those running with a platform far less extreme than those of Gov. Dean and Rep. Kucinich (D-Oh). SOURCE: CNN.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks www.uninet.info ==================== <[email protected]> ==================== | Christian Portal: | Have you not learned great lessons | | www.faithtree.com | from those who braced themselves | | GNU/Linux News: | against you and disputed the | | www.ofb.biz | passage with you? --Walt Whitman | Kde-cafe mailing list - [email protected] http://ofb.biz/lists/listinfo.cgi/kde-cafe DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this mailinglist are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent OfB.biz: Open for Business, KDE or the author's employer.