Edwards only 4 points behind Leiberman for lead in SC!!!!!!!!

http://americanresearchgroup.com/sc/

Lieberman Loses Ground Among Democrats in South Carolina,
As Nearly Half of Likely Democratic Primary Voters Continue to Remain Undecided

While remaining in the lead, Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman has lost ground in ballot preference among likely Democratic primary voters in South Carolina according to a survey by the American Research Group. A total of 14% of likely Democratic primary voters in South Carolina say they would vote for Lieberman and 48% say they are undecided. Ballot preference for Lieberman was at 22% in January and 19% in April.

These results are based on 600 completed telephone interviews among a statewide random sample of registered voters in South Carolina saying they would definitely vote in the Democratic presidential preference primary. The interviews were conducted August 2 through 6, 2003. The theoretical margin of error for the total sample of 600 is plus or minus 4 percentage points, 95% of the time, on questions where opinion is evenly split.

In a ballot preference Lieberman leads with 14%. He is followed by John Edwards at 10%, Dick Gephardt at 8%, John Kerry at 6%, Howard Dean at 5%, and Al Sharpton at 4%.
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Febuary 2nd will be Edwards day!!!

He's really climbing in SC, AZ, NM, and OK, which are all on that day

It's probably just name recognition, but Christ, Lieberman is worthless.

I hope the good people of South Carolina wake up soon.

although he was born in SC

and it is name recognition. Edwards is going to win it

and bring to an end this miserable campaign.

A Jew from New England is beating the good ol' southern boy next door.
And neither one of them will be topping the ticket in Nov 2004.

He's got the most SC endorsements of any candidate, so it's good to see those endorsements paying off.

This is going in the direction it should.

Lieberman is a non starter. I think we can all agree on that.

Except once they really look at him, they won't be surprised when he moves to the front of the pack.

Democratic Nomination even if he had Bush*s 200 million to buy a pesonality and a platform.

He's George Bush without the big belt buckle.

wil that help him with liberals? I've read about the '76 campaign and how Jimmy Carter burying the George Wallace threat made him more paltable to progressived Dems (though he still wasn't their first choice).

Go Edwards! I think that he will win the SC Primary, while Dean and Kerry are busy squawking at each other in the Northeastern ones, they'll split the vote between themselves.

Edwards' campaign message is very populistic, so I can see why you might like him, DemPopulist. Welcome to DU! :hi:

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Dean is pulling ahead of Kerry strongly. He's way ahead of him in Iowa, and has finally pulled into the lead in NH. I see both of those states going to Dean giving him enough of a push to go strong into Feb 2nd.

None of the candidates have, except Dean. Dean's been working Iowa since he was governor. He has been working very hard, but the others have laid low. Methinks.

He can devote his full time and energy to campaigning for President while the Senators and Representative cannot due to responsibilities in D.C..

interest in discouraging people for voting for Dean. At least at all of the young and college democrats meetings I've been to in MA and FL, and a few smaller democratic events I've been to, the Dean people seem to be pushing away the respect of people who don't happen to support Dean, and it will cost them when candidates start dropping out, and believe me Edwards and Kerry will not be among the first

I predict that Edwards will soon be considered among the top 4(with Kerry, Dean, and Gephardt), who will collectively move far above the other candidates.

And the nom will either be Edwards or Kerry

It's going to come down to Edwards and Kerry in the primaries. And that's a terrific choice to face.

I've been supporting Edwards since Gore dropped out for that very reason.

:hi: yourself!

He rid the party of George Wallace.

You're a young man or woman


I was there. I was eighteen at the time. Jimmy Carter's campaign was a thing of beauty.

George Wallace used to say "send them a message"

Jimmy Carter said "Don't send them a mesage, send them a president."

and that campaign's always interested me. I saw Carter's acceptance speech on C-SPAN once and it seemed like the convention had a really great, unified atmosphere that year. Same vibe I got from the '92 Clinton convention. I see Edwards as in the tradition of JFK, Carter, Clinton, Gore - all my favorites. I wish he had more experience and I disagreed with him on the war, but I think he's the best we've got this year.

was cool.

He quoted Bob Dylan during his convention speech that "America is a country busy being born not dying."

Southern Democratic Populism is a worthy tradition.

Carter, Clinton, Gore.....


I would like to see John Edwards carry that mantle.

He's one of us....

It was just a matter of time before his campaign took off, lieberman could only hold on for so long in the south...

Means Democrats are rejecting conservatism. Yeah!!!

in the name of populism that is finely tuned to be acceptable to the broadest swatch of the electorate.

...so rather than some Yankee the Carolinians are repsonding to a "local" politician operating in a familiar political style.

*applause*

Edwards is the one to watch. Here's why:

http://www.johnedwards2004.com/television-ads.asp

to the point, short, but good. Holy Joe Blow can pack it up and head home :evilgrin:

Thanks for the link!

the fact that northerners Kerry and Dean are only four to five points behind native son neighbor Edwards shows how close it is. But to Edwards credit he is finally showing life in this neigboring state and Leiberman is crashing. I think Edwards could pull out a victory here but alot will depend on how he does in Iowa and NH.

I'm so excited. He's starting to take off.

He has very little organization here and the majority of the "in the loop" Democrats are leaning towards Kerry.

than every other canidate combined? Or raised more money there than every other candidate combined?

democrats want to be able to actually work for a candidate in the presidential race and for SC dems that requires a candidate who would make their state at least marginally competative. That's why Edwards is the candidate they support

From elected officials in SC.
It is delusional to think Kerry will beat Edwards in SC.

a close 4th in each would'nt be enough, and 3rd in either would be outstanding. I think he could beat Gephardt for third in new hampshire, and I think that Dean and Kerry will be virtually tied for 2nd in Iowa, closely after gephardt, so the close 4th will be doable there

The RW elites are definetely doing everything they can to obstruct his campaign

This news was only reported in a political wire, of course, but the 2 stories a day about how bad his campaign is doing will probably continue to come no matter what.

When he won the 1st quarter fundraising battle, it wasn't a big story anywhere, but ofcourse when Dean did it, he becomes practically the declared winner and has nonstop coverage

no question about it

Another reminder why I can't stand the South.

Edwards probably has about 100% of the people who know who he is. Once the people of SC know that he was born there and is from a Southern family who worked in mills, he will crush the other candidates. Lieberman living on the fumes of 2000. And you know what living on fumes will do for you?

Look at the latest CNN/USA/Gallop poll. Lieberman also is the leader in that one...which I think, gasp! includes fucking northerners.

Try winning an election without us.

Compare politics to a footbal game. If a team is one dimensional their opponents can capitalize on it.

You need b-a-l-a-n-c-e.


If a team has a great running game and a poor passing game all the opposing defense has to do is bring up the defensive backs to stuff the run but if a team has a balanced passing and running game the defense has to cover the entire field.

If we cede the South to the Pukes they can focus on some of the Blue States where they are weak.

If the Dem candidate for pres isn't competitive in the south and border states you might as well just annoint Son of a Bush.

pander to the insanity of the south to win. That doesn't mean I have to like it. As a born/raised Texan, I am quite comfotable in saying that the south, aside from a couple of islands of civilization is a total cultural gutter. I say that not from afar, but from a lifetime of experience. California and the northeast have got their share of idiots, but it is not the norm. Living on the flaccid dangling tip of the south (Miami) I can hardly wait to move back to CA.

and nearly every Dem I associate with in SC is voting for Dean. So actually I dont give the poll or whatever it is much credibility.

And having lived in the South for the past 7 years after living in CA for the 19 before that.... every state and region of this country has it's ups and downs. The inland empire in CA is more Republican i think now a days than SC. So keep you f***ing generalizations to yourself.

I guess Dean doing so well in NH and IO polls should just be dismissed right? Oh thats right, those polls serve your interests

typical Dean supporter

I don't want to see Lieberman win a single state.

Aren't there money problems? Have they been solved?