Terry M. thinks we will have a nominee on March 10.

[Renew Deal]

I am not sure what this is from, but it showed up in my email. It's a good read.

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STEPHANOPOULOS: Yet they still have a 30-40 point advantage on
national security. And you saw all the opposition research start to
get dumped out this weekend, clear sign that the Republican Party is
going to
basically say that John Kerry is Michael Dukakis all over again.
They're going to bring up furloughs, they're going to bring up soft
on crime, they're going to bring up soft on defense and say, He just
doesn't share your values.

MCAULIFFE: Well, they tried to do this to us, as you know, in 1988 in
the campaign. But this isn't 1988. This is all the Republicans talk
about. They're going to be negative.

I don't know if John Kerry will be the nominee. I have to be neutral
towards all of them. But if he is the nominee, let me tell you this,
George, I look forward to that debate, when John Kerry, a war hero
with a chest full of medals, is standing next to George Bush, a man
who was AWOL in the Alabama National Guard.

George Bush never served in our military in our country. He didn't
show up when he should have showed up. And there's John Kerry, on the
stage with a chest full of medals that he earned by saving lives of
American soldiers.

So is -- John Kerry says, Bring it on. I don't know if he'll be the
nominee, but I welcome whoever the nominee's debate is with George
Bush <...>

STEPHANOPOULOS: But when does someone like Howard Dean -- you're
right, let the voters decide. But when does someone like Howard Dean
turn in -- turn from an insurgent, legitimate insurgent, into a
spoiler?

MCAULIFFE: I can guarantee you this, that Howard Dean will never be a
spoiler. This man is passionate about the Democratic Party. This man
is passionate about beating George Bush. And if he or any of the
other candidates at some point realize they can't get the nomination,
the magic number is 2,161. That's the number of delegates. The second
that we as a party, somebody has that, we have a nominee.

And Howard Dean will do the right thing, as well as all the other
candidates. This pin, ABB, that I wear every day, Anybody But Bush,
that is the sentiment across this country.

But let me tell you this. Howard Dean has energized an awful lot of
people. He has done great things for our party, he and all the other
candidates. He may be the nominee. We don't know it today.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Yet there's no question, Terry, I mean, you're
probably getting a lot of the same phone calls I was getting, I would
suspect many more. Establishment Democrats in Washington breathed a
huge sigh of relief when John Kerry won again in New Hampshire.
That's true, isn't it?

MCAULIFFE: Well, as chairman of the party, as you know, I have to
love all seven equally. And sure, a lot of people did call me and had
concerns about the different candidates. But I have to defend all
candidates. I have continually, as you have watched me on television
over the course of the last six weeks, when people have asked
questions about Governor Dean, I have defended him, as I do in private
conversations.

It is up to the voters to make these decisions, not the chairman of
the party. My job is to put this party in the best shape it's ever
been in, leading up into the nomination. I got to tell you, today,
the DNC is in the best shape we've ever been in, millions in the
bank, 170 million named voter file. We just moved into the new
national headquarters.

We are better prepared than we have ever been. The only thing I'm
missing is a nominee. And I think, George, that will come March 10.

[lastknowngood]

1. No supprise there he has already preordained the nominee

to hell with that DLC twit.

[Democrats unite]

3. He is not part of the DLC!

A little resaerch can make people look like they know what they are talking about.

[TheDonkey]

2. TM is dong a bang-up job as a leader for the DNC this primary season

and seems to have the passion to carry us in the GE.

The sad fact is March 10th WILL decide who the nominee is, the momentum will just be too great to stop whoever is begins to sweep the states this month.