Howard Dean to get a Pennsylvania delegate

PETER JACKSON

Associated Press


HARRISBURG, Pa. - Sen. John Kerry won Pennsylvania's Democratic presidential primary by a landslide, but one of the 178 delegates the state sends to the party's national convention will be pledged to Howard Dean.

Dean, the former Vermont governor, quit the nomination race in February but left his name on the Pennsylvania ballot. In this week's election, he attracted more than the required 15 percent of the vote in the 1st Congressional District, which includes parts of Philadelphia and Delaware counties, according to party officials who analyzed the returns.

The Dean delegate is Mark B. Cohen, a 30-year veteran of the state House of Representatives from Philadelphia. Cohen acknowledges that his role in the July convention in Boston will be largely symbolic since Kerry has far more than the 2,162 delegates he needs to clinch the nomination.

"I doubt I will be called on to vote for Dean" at the convention, Cohen said.

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I have always known I was right to support Dean but when he carried Vermont by a 2 to 1 margin, after having left the race, I had my proof. Those who knew him best, treated him best.

Kucinich and LaRouche are still campaigning, and Kucincich actually rat TV ads here in PA. Not a very good investment of money.

Great news. Everyone talks of Clark, Gep, Graham as possible rnnning mates for Kerry but of all the people who retired from the race Dean is the one who still gets the most votes state after state (with the possible exception of Edwards in some states) and is an indication of how strong his support is--still.

Anyone but Kerry and Dean would have to be seriously considered for the VP slot, but the fit with Kerry would be very bad.

but I think Dean is the only one who could help bring Kerry sizable portions of the people who may be flirting with voting Green/Nader in 2004. When you think that 2.8 million voted for Nader in 2000 it is a powerful constituency. Certainly Gep nor even Edwards (imo) could bring them over.

when the Nader factor is being ignored. That factor may weigh HEAVILLY in the coming election. Perhaps more so then any individual state?

DEAN, HOWARD (DEM) 79,353 (10.1%)

KUCINICH, DENNIS J. (DEM) 30,216 (3.8%)

EDWARDS, JOHN (DEM) 76,614 (9.7%)

LAROUCHE, LYNDON H. JR. (DEM) 22,040 (2.8%)

KERRY, JOHN F. (DEM) 578,811 (73.5%)

http://web.dos.state.pa.us/perl/elections/elec_results/dsf/statewide1.cgi?choice=USP&eyear=2004&etype=P

My mom being one of those 79353 Dean voters.

Pennsylvania is one of Dean's best states since leaving the race. 10-plus percent is nothing to sneeze at either. Thanks for posting.

That is really astounding. BTW, so was Edwards showing.

What else is new?

that means that 1 out of 10 PA Democrats preferred to waste their vote on someone who isn't even running than to choose between Kerry and Kucinich. He beat Kucinich who was running over 3 to 1.

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But don't blame me, I voted for Kerry.

NT

:hi:

YUP!

his thought processes are controlled by the biscuit half. hehe

is nearly 25% of Pennsylvania Dems voted for someone other than Kerry to be their nominee. That is a pretty significant number.

they're all traitors to their party :crazy:

and they'd better fall in line, or Ill throw a tantrum :cry:

As far as I know Dean has no relatives in PA. There are about 79,352 people in addition to me who voted for the man they wanted....period.

I come back after a month hiatus and see good news, only to find your inanely rude post.

Dean is as much a Democrat as Kerry, deal with it.

I come back after a month hiatus and see good news, only to find your inanely rude post.

Dean is as much a Democrat as Kerry, deal with it.

http://web.dos.state.pa.us/perl/elections/elec_results/dsf/statewide1.cgi?choice=USP&eyear=2004&etype=P

He did slightly better than Edwards,but a lot better than Kucinich and LaRouche who are still 'running.'

That should speak volumes to both Kerry and the DNC...

Some would have us believe that the only reason would be idiocy among Pennsylvanian voters.

So sue me. I did it as a gesture of thanks. I'm a committeeperson in Philly and things were settled long before my vote could make any difference, but what the hell. I watched Dean with admiration throughout the primary season. Even though the powers that be shot him down, he really galvanized us Dems, and he still makes tremendous sense whenever he appears on TV. I'm waiting patiently for Kerry to swing into gear, and will do my best this fall to get him 95 percent of the Philly vote. We delivered 85 percent to Gore in 2000. Cheers! (It felt good to vote for Howard, for what it's worth. I was never a committed Deaniac...but I still think he got robbed.)

;)

Either of these guys would be better than Gep?? *sigh* Though I will vote for Kerry/Gephardt should that be the ticket.

Late primaries piss off people because they feel like they didn't have a chance to vote. In 2000, Bradley got 20 percent, LaRoche got a scary 4.5 percent and Gore got 75 percent. McCain got 22.7% in 2000--again long after he dropped out.

Most people that vote in the Pennsylvania primary (which was traditionally in May, and has been moved up to April) want to have an earlier primary so their votes matter. So those upset people run go vote for their candidate even though he/she dropped out--because it doesn't really matter, and because it's a statement for an earlier primary. There's really nothing special about Dean or Edwards' results. Compared to 2000, and the success of McCain and Bradley they both faired poorly.

Source: http://www.politics1.com/vote-pa.htm

Bradley had no one to split with. If you add Dean and Edwards you get the over 20% that Bradley got.

Still lower than Bradley and LaRocuhe's 25. This isn't really that unusual--and its not a sign of weakness on the part of Kerry.

Almost a local boy in the southeast corner of PA. That would have helped some...

Just because he talks a different game, doesn't mean his record is that far away from Joe Lieberman.