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Kerry wins Dummycratic nomination
EFL. Hat tip LGFJohn Kerry captured the Democratic nomination to challenge President Bush in November, scoring a string of coast-to-coast wins on Tuesday that knocked rival John Edwards out of the race. "See yuhâŠ" Kerry, who received a call of congratulations from Bush, quickly turned his focus to the general election and said he was "a fighter" who would challenge the president on a range of issues. "Why couldnât you just let more attacks happen!? Did I just say that!?" "Tonight the message could not be clearer, all across our country, change is coming to America," Kerry told supporters in Washington. "With one united Democratic Party, we can and we will win this election." In your dreams, beauzeau. The Massachusetts senator continued his domination of the Democratic race on its biggest night of voting, scoring wins in nine states including victories in Georgia, Minnesota and Ohio, which had been targeted by Edwards. The wins capped a spectacular political resurrection for Kerry, whose campaign was considered dead just two months ago but charged back to life as Democrats began to evaluate which candidate stood the best chance to beat Bush in November. Kerry and Bush now embark on what promises to be a hard-fought, eight-month general election campaign. Bush, who trails Kerry in some opinion polls, launches his first television ads in 17 battleground states on Thursday as he starts to spend a more than $100 million campaign war chest. Mostly from special interests. Edwards had hoped to slow Kerryâs march to the nomination, but narrowly lost Georgia and was swamped by Kerry in most of the other states voting on "Super Tuesday." He canceled a planned campaign trip to Texas to return home to North Carolina, where aides said he will end his White House bid in a speech at the Raleigh high school attended by two of his children. "We have been the little engine that could, and I am proud of what we have done together, you and I," Edwards told supporters in Atlanta, claiming his campaign had put issues like poverty, civil rights and race back at the front of the Democratic agenda. You forgot dhimmitude and trying to make sure the Israelis recant "Never Again" Posted by: Steve from Relto 2004-03-03 |
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