KERRY supporters and well-wishers only

[Skinner]

This is the official thread for Kerry supporters and well-wishers to discuss his performance in the Maine caucus, free of disruption.

If you are not a Kerry supporter or a well-wisher, please do not post in this thread. The purpose of this thread is for disruption-free discussion among Kerry supporters. Any negative posts by opponents will be deleted by the moderators. We will open up separate threads where supporters of the other candidates can interact without disruption from opponents.

[shawmut]

1. another great night for Kerry!

woohoo!

[MAlibdem]

2. Victory in the South

For a Massachusetts Liberal. Huzzah! Huzzah!

[XanaDUer]

34. You betcha

Here it is, success in every area of the country, from every voter group...

[Southern Victory]

50. And yet...

Doesn't the Democratic party already recieve around 90% of the African American vote? I don't think that balances the ticket and Sharpton has as much baggage (and does as much to balance the ticket) as adding the senior Senator from Mass. I bet that Gephardt or Edwards are added. Edwards gets the nod for the Southern Strategy and Gephardt if the party is going to try and circumvent the South.

[arwalden]

3. Best Wishes. Continued Success. Good Luck.

[Walt Starr]

4. Congratulations to Kerry supporters and Kerry himself

Unstoppable is nearly the adjective required to describe the campaign now. Barring a complete disaster, I believe we have a nominee.

[grytpype]

5. President Kerry announed today....

visualize it!

[HazMat]

6. This is between Kerry and Bush now

I'm sorry, but I'm sick of pretending Kerry has any competition for this nomination. The voters have spoken and Kerry's challengers have been rejected. It's time to unite behind Kerry and focus all of our resources into defeating Bush. Bring it on.

[MrPeepers]

7. A couple more for Kerry!

Go us!

Peepers

[maddezmom]

8. another excellent showing by Kerry...congrats

to both Kerry and his die hard supporters on DU. You've been thru a lot to get to this place, and you've earned your victories (I'm still rooting for Wes to pull a 2 in TN) :)

[XanaDUer]

30. Thanks for your graciousness!

I like Wes , too, and I am happy Kerry is doing so well!

Bush-start packing-you're outta the WH!

:bounce:

[newyawker99]

9. Good luck Kerry supporters!

[madmax]

10. Congratulations John Kerry

and all your supporters. :grouphug:

[Freddie Stubbs]

11. 33 Delegates from Virginia

[Shanty Oilish]

12. Hurray!

CNN is saying Kerry's rivals got no home field advantage. Kerry winning decisively in TN and VA makes it clear he will continue to win and achieve the nomination.

:party: :toast: :grouphug:

:kick:

[oasis]

14. Wooooohooooooo

:toast:

[wal]

16. Kerry / Kucinich in '04

Being Australian, i can't vote in the upcoming election, so I've been doing a bit of campaigning round the web.
One of the aspects of U.S. elections that makes me concerned is that only 40% or so of eligible Americans vote.
I'd be part of a drive to see if we could lift this percentage a little, and if we can try to get the Democrat message out at the same time....
Does anyone agree?

[Sharpton American]

42. Kerry / Sharpton

Sharpton would draw the Majority of Black Conservatives, so Kerry would win in landslide.

[diamond14]

53. agree....it's really really important to get people to VOTE....

especially the YOUNG people here in America....the YOUNG people seem to be proud that they are NOT voting....it is really sad, and nobody can figure out how to encourage the young to VOTE....


here in Virginia, we worked HARD today, since about 5 AM....lots of people....we put a 'voting' location right next to the college campus, that you might have seen on C-span tonight...I was at the evening Rally for Kerry....all the YOUNG people were there, because of the location...a local college campus....some told me that they hadn't voted today, were too busy or didn't care...but they seemed interested in attending the rally....some did vote at the local voting place near the campus, which they found convenient...

if you can help get some YOUNG people to vote....especially here at DU....we 'older' people would greatly appreciate your help...

GO Kerry....beat bush*
http://www.JohnKerry.com

[bushwakker]

13. Congrats everyone - give some $$ if you can

another good night for JFK - let's stay on the offensive.

[Raya]

15. Another Day to love. Yeah!

[KC21304]

17. Congratulations to John Kerry and all his wonderful supporters.

[Zech Marquis]

18. damn, I didn't expect this much of a margin!

I saw a very brief view of Rd whatshisname for the repues, and he's looking very, very nervous about tonight nd beyond!

My fellow VA voters, we kicked today, and we're going to do it again in November :taost:

[Edwards4President]

19. Congratulations

You've got to be pretty pumped!

[MaineDem]

20. There was a time everyone thought I was nuts!

Not that long ago...with my Kerry sticker on the car and my Kerry button on my coat. They've both been there since July! And they will stay there until President Kerry takes office in January.

I am so pleased. This is tremendous! Thank you Virginia and Tennessee. THank you!

[KC21304]

21. And then there is me with my Kerryfan handle,

since sometime in 2002, I don't even remember when. I was somone else here for just a few months.

I have picked the Dem nominee early on for as long as I can remember and I have to admit that for awhile here I thought that I was going to miss this year.

[flpoljunkie]

22. We Kerry supporters love Virginia and Tennessee tonight and thank them

for giving John Kerry convincing wins in their states.



On to Wisconsin!

[undergroundrailroad]

23. Congratulations to John Kerry and his supporters!

Cheers!

Undergroundrailroad

[sistersofmercy]

24. Yes! Yes! Yes!

I'm sooooooo happy! Imagine that a "MA liberal" taking TN! :toast:

[spooky3]

25. Congratulations to Kerry and his supporters!

[bigtree]

26. So Sweet!

:bounce:

When you are in any contest you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

:thumbsup:

[Razoor]

27. Way to go!

keep it up Kerry!
cant wait for next week

[Terwilliger]

28. nice Kerry pic RIGHT NOW on CNN home page

www.cnn.com

[Sharpton American]

43. I don't see it, maybe Im a day late?

[Dr Fate]

29. Kerry is growing into a great campaigner...

...as far as issues go, compare his record to Bush's and its a no-brainer...

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32. Congratulations to John Kerry

It's time to kick the buttholes out of Washington!!!!! yiippppeee!!!!

As Howard Beale once said, "We're mad as hell, and we aren't going to take it anymore!!"

[Octafish]

33. Remember six weeks ago? ... (a message) ...

It looked like it was over for JK. The a-holes on Faux Noise Nutwork were droning the campaign was dead last, at 3 percent nationally.

Well, in politics, things can change pretty durn fast. And right now it looks like JK is going to clobber shrubalina awol. That may or many not happen.

To make victory MORE likely to happen, we’ll have to bust ass. So keep on keeping on. Spread the message about John Kerry. The truth. And we've got to spread the truth about bushler. All of it.

Then in January, 2005, we can take a breather.

PS: Congratulations on the campaign so far! If you're new, welcome aboard! If you're an old hand, thanks for toughing it out.

[adadem]

39. A few local supporters

and I were discussing this...such a short time ago it seemed so impossible...but now...finally...the rest of America sees what we saw and joins with us. President Kerry....sounds soooo sweet!

[mitchum]

35. Proud of Kerry and proud of my fellow southerners

Apparently "dumb crackers" aren't so dumb after all!

Knock 'em out, John

[curse10]

36. Yeah!

Another happy primary night! Congrats everyone! :toast:

[feistydem]

37. Vote percentage averages - Kerry has nearly 25% lead

I averaged the vote percentages of the 14 primaries/caucuses so far.

Kerry is leading by such a wide margin, one has to wonder what the others are doing?

Here's what the remaining candidates are averaging in voting percentages:

John Kerry = 43.5%
John Edwards = 18.86%
Howard Dean = 14.14%
Wesley Clark = 13%
Dennis Kucinich = 3.29%
Al Sharpton = 2.29%

Totals: 95.08%; remaining 4.92% attributed to other candidates who have since dropped out of the race.

I am tired of the media and TV talking heads speaking as if the voters are only choosing Kerry because they think he can win. I campaigned for Kerry in NM before the caucus there, and people I spoke to loved the guy. He has a following --it's just that unlike the Dean group, Kerry supporters aren't running around harassing people to gain support. It's more than just betting on a winning horse. Kerry is like Seabiscuit.
:toast:

[feistydem]

40. Great photo of Kerry supporters

Here's an AP Photo I think is great.

The faces of the people who are going to elect John Kerry!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

46. Excellent work feistydem! 43.5% of all votes so far is awesome

Coming from such a dense field of candidates it is really awesome and awe inspiring.
Kerry is incredible, as are all his diehard supporters.

[paulk]

38. exceeded my expectations

wow. Kerry has shown he can win, convincingly, in the south.

:D

[Uzybone]

41. Congrats to Kerry

again...another big win.

[Sharpton American]

44. He did do good

He did very well in the South, beyond my expectations.

[mike1963]

45. Ron Reagan, Jr. just said what I've been saying for months...

Kerry needs to (and has been) toning down his 'stentorian' appearance.
It sure looks like JK is going to be the nominee, you can bitch about the process, but the result is the only thing that counts.

So we evidently end up with Kerry with whatever baggage he's perceived to have against a lying POS who has squatted in the White House. It's just a choice. Not voting is another one (assholes like that one.)

[w4rma]

47. I've got to hand it to you guys. You've kicked all our butts.

And if you get past us (as appears extremely likely) most all of us will band together and kick some Republican butt, next.

Congratulations, to the Kerry supporters who stuck by him for so long.

[mvd]

48. Congrats to Kerry and his supporters!

These were huge wins for Kerry and I remain optimistic that he can beat Bush and prevent a possible temporary retreat from the U.S. for me.

[feistydem]

49. Joe Trippi just said on Hardball that if Kerry wins Wisconsin...

....he will be the nominee, hands down.

Trippi went on to say that Wisconsin voters are aware of their role in the nomination process and will take it very seriously --meaning they may not want to hand Kerry the win so easily.

Or it could be spun the other way... Wisconsin voters may decide to go ahead and put the lid on this nomination process and give Kerry a big win.

I think if Kerry wins Wisconsin, Dean should drop out and give his supporters time to lick their wounds and get behind Kerry.

After all, it's about unseating Bush/Cheney and taking our country back in the end.

I guess we'll see on February 17th.

[Zomby Woof]

51. Congrats to Kerry!

:toast:

[Monument]

52. Congrats JK - you're looking good!

[Piperay]

54. CONGRATULATIONS

to Kerry and all his supporters, you have done a good job! :thumbsup: