Tim Russert was talking as if Kerry had won the nomination

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:eyes:

[Hieronymus]

1. Don't you think Kerry has won the nomination?

:think:

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. All fifty states should vote first and then we will know the....

nominee.

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8. If it becomes a two-man race everything could change

n/t

[mlawson]

13. How optimistic you are.

That is nice, but I have watched primaries since about 1960. Barring some cataclysm, this one is over. And I don't like it, either. I have said for months that there are three of our guys who could beat bush, but Kerry is not one of them.

Yes, he is ahead of bush right now, but that won't last.

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14. I said it could change

Although I realize that the chances of that happening are slim.

[celticartemis]

17. Re: How optimistic you are

Which three guys?

[mlawson]

20. Edwards, Clark and/or Dean.

In that order. Kerry, if bush is in freefall at the time of the election.

[lastknowngood]

3. he hasn't won yet but he has been anointed

n/t

[Terwilliger]

4. yeah???

What's wrong with that?

[lancdem]

5. He just beat John Edwards in his back yard

I think it's only a matter of time.

[ShaneGR]

19. He has won the nomination if there is no 1-2 race

Too many people arguing with each other over 2nd.

[lovedems]

6. I will take the wait and see mode.

I will admit it sure is going his way. I won't call him the nominee until the convention though. There are still more states to vote.

[YouMustBeKiddingMe]

7. For all practical purposes he has

[MrPeepers]

9. Well, I hate to be frank...

But Kerry's going to have to screw up pretty monumentally at this point to lose it. He's won with overwhelming support in pretty much every geographic region and demographic group, and his momentum isn't going anywhere. It's not a complete lock, but it's pretty sure.

Peepers

[Professor Hoodoo]

11. He has already... Repeatedly... the only problem...

the media won't report his f*ckups....

(Like the Torricelli's Osama ad, and helping Kerry raise funds)

[Walt Starr]

10. I'm a Dean man

Barring a total catastrophe, John Kerry is the nominee.

I can read the hand writing on the wall.


Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the ham sandwich...

[raysr]

12. Bush

reminded Timmy that Kerry wasn't the nominee "yet" in the MTP interview.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

15. Betrays the fear they have of Kerry

poor Bush.

[Walt Starr]

16. He's proven he can win in all geographic regions

I hav to accept the inevitable. I am a Dean man and will support Dean so long as I determine he has a chance. The last stop in that chance for me is Wisconsin.

When it comes down to it, if a ham sandwich is what the Democratic Party is giving me, I'm voting for the ham sandwich. I despise the absolute prick we have illegaly occupying the white house that much.

[progressivebydesign]

18. It's no secret the Media wants to end this now..

AND.. it's no secret Bush desperately wants to end this primary season ASAP. Then we'll all just skip happily into obscuredom.. while BUSH dominates the news. That's a no brainer!

[mlawson]

21. And it's an awfully long time for Kerry to be The Nominee.

Will he wear well with the swing voters, or not? That is one of several things that worry me.

[aldian159]

22. I agree

I want this season to go on as long as possible.

"The bush will fall if many are swinging axes faster then if just one."