Who Will Be The First "Major" Candidate To Drop Out?

[THUNDER HANDS]

By "Major" I mean, *NOT* Sharpton, Braun or Kucinich.

[graham67]

1. Bob Graham

Does he count as "major"?

[samurai_jack]

2. gotta love the creative insults

Graham is a major candidate.

Graham is not dropping out. And yes, I do have special
sources inside the campaign.

Graham is going to have a shockingly good Q3 finance report.

[graham67]

4. Ah, well....

it wasn't meant as an insult...he just wasn't listed in the poll. I like him a lot (he's my #2 behind Clark) but everything I've read suggests that his campaign has struggled. I'm looking forward to Q3 reports that say otherwise.

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. no

He's a major name, but not a major candidate.

His campaign has never gotten off the ground and it's not going to.

[MGKrebs]

3. I'd have to go with Kucinich or Graham

based on the money. But of the ones listed, I'd say Lieberman. Here's what each have raised:

John Kerry (D) $16,028,266

John Edwards (D) $11,936,277

Howard Dean (D) $10,547,980

Dick Gephardt (D) $9,750,802

Joe Lieberman (D) $8,151,575

Lyndon H. Larouche Jr (D) $4,755,882

Bob Graham (D) $3,136,326

Dennis Kucinich (D) $1,718,354

Carol Moseley Braun (D) $217,109

Al Sharpton (D) $184,415

[tsipple]

5. Senate Seats a Problem

Meaning Edwards and Graham have big offices to consider. (A Senate seat is awfully nice.) That said, I don't think either one of them should have any pressure applied. They're both smart Democrats, and they'll both find a way to either catch fire or support the nominee gracefully and vigorously. And I haven't ruled out the former.

[MGKrebs]

7. And if Clark enters,

it's going to be that much harder for everybody to find money. The marginal fundraisers will be in trouble.