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MESSAGE BOARD Who will win?
Who do you think will win the New Hampshire primary? Why?
Page 15 Kerry. Well I should say that I hope he wins. I feel like he has the best experience, and the best chance of getting Bush OUT! Anne, Wayland, MA Dean is the one who sticks to the principles. But Kerry will win, because people understand that they need a polished politician to beat Bush. chris, cambridge, ma Dean is going to win--he's the only one that isn't a Ken doll replica! Tom , New York, NY I think Kerry will win because the media is barraging voters with poll results and image articles intstead of telling voters where candidates stand on issues. Have you watched the news lately? It's ridiculous Mike, Boston I think Edwards is going to pull off a big surprise. He won't win, but he will have a strong showing and create the big news out of NH. His town hall meetings have been effective in reaching the independents in NH. Paul, NH Dean SHOULD win. The hoopla over his rally was just pain stupid. How did cheering at a rally turn into a character issue? The press has made more of this than they did of Clinton's Jennifer Flowers ordeal, which happened at the same tiime in that race. patricia, boston All the candidates are more qualified than G.W. But to defeat Bush John Kerry has what it takes. He has the experience in both domestic and foreign affairs and the military background to be competitive in the South especially if he chooses a southerner as his running mate. Democrats should be grateful to Howard Dean for reminding the other candidates the real issues and for exciting the electorate but he is not electable. John Kerry is the man who would successfully bring the party together. st, Roscommon I just saw Tucker Carlson on CNN say that other campaigns are going to want to study how Dean became so popular with his supporters, as the nominee heads into the general. The problem for the other campaigns is that they are not Howard Dean. He is a true force. He has already changed the tone and the direction of not only the primary, but he has given the Democratic Party a message for the first time in a long time, by actually taking a position on the hard questions of the day, something John Kerry seems unable or unwilling to do. The Kerry campaign likes to say dated Dean, married Kerry--well you might want to add woke up next to Bush to that. It is a sad day when "electability" is based on image and biography and not about a positive message of real change and hope for America's future. This election is so very important yet the media chooses to focus on standards that they, themselves, have created. I can remember several months ago when Howard Dean was the media's darling---he still is for all the wrong reasons---then he talked about re-regulating the mass corporate media. The only candidate to do so; the only one to point out the dangers in having fewer and fewer outlets to get then news from, at a time when ratings are more important than informing the public, when news is often created as opposed to reported, when tabloid is in and hard news is out. Since Governor Dean made those comments his campaign has been under intense media scrutiny, much of it negative. His message has been distorted, he has been the most consistent of all the major candidates yet there are polls that say he has flip-flopped the most. His achievements have been under the radar, he has had a message that he believes in that has resonated with democrats across the country and it has been co-opted by the other candidates who have all flip-flopped on the major issues of the day (Iraq, NCLB, etc...) in order to get on the bandwagon. Are these people leaders, or followers. You decide. To me it is clear, Howard Dean is the best thing that has happened to the Democratic Party in over forty years and I hope people realize that before it is too late. Give this man and his position on the issues a second look, it could just save America... E.J., andover Earth to Tom - The title of this section is "Who do you think will win the New Hampshire primary?" (Note: there is no reference to Iowa) Early results show Clark in the lead in NH. ARS, Andover Electing any of these actors will show the planet just how soft and Roman Empire like we really are. Hopefully they all lose. Fed up, sho lo
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