All Hail President Kerry?

[The Captain]

With John Kerry seeming to pick up steam every day, it appears more and more likely that he will be the Democratic nominee for President. Just because I'm curious, I wanted to know what people's feelings were on a few issues:

1. Do you think Kerry has a chance to defeat Bush?

2. Do you think someone other than Kerry has a better chance?

3. Would you rather have Bush re-elected?

4. How closely are you following all the primaries, nominations, and the like?

Take care all.

[DocFrance]

1. No

2. No

3. Yes

4. I read the news each morning - but I don't listen to any of the opinions or analyses of each candidate - only what comes from the horse's mouth, so to speak.

[Talus]

1.) Nope
2.) Nope
3.) Yep
4.) I wouldn't say I'm following it closely as much as casually.

All of this Kerry attention is very reminiscent of Dean's time in the spotlight not that long ago. I wouldn't be surprised if Kerry's appeal will also start to slip.

[Chickencha]

1) A chance. Maybe.
2) No.
3) No.
4) Pretty closely. My C-SPAN watching is up about 300%. (Although that's a little skewed since it wasn't that high to begin with.)

[eestlinc]

1. slim, but maybe
2. yes
3. no
4. very closely

vote Dean.

[Strider]

1. He has about as much chance as the next person. Except for Sharpton or Kucinich, because no one'll give them a chance at all.

2. I'd feel more comfortable with Dean out in front, but there's a lot of campaigning left to do.

3. No.

4. Probably not as much as I should, but that'll change over time.

[Casey]

1. Do you think Kerry has a chance to defeat Bush?

Maybe. I like Bush more though...

2. Do you think someone other than Kerry has a better chance?

No. I like Joe Lieberman though, he seems to have more of a backbone.

3. Would you rather have Bush re-elected?

Yes.

4. How closely are you following all the primaries, nominations, and the like?


Close, Im watching Fox News channel.

[Mikztsu]

Where have you been, The Captain?

And I don't know about your Yankie business.;-) Other than:

3. No. Even Bert would do better than him.

[Mr. Graves]

1. Let's hope so.

2. Maybe. Won't know until the elections begin, really.

3. NO.

4. I've been watching both CNN and an International news channel that Bright House provides, and I've been looking through the New York Times here and there. Dean and Kerry both look good, as I said in another thread.

[CloudDragon]

1. Do you think Kerry has a chance to defeat Bush?
Possibly, but not much of one.
2. Do you think someone other than Kerry has a better chance?
Yes, DEAN.
3. Would you rather have Bush re-elected?
Nope.

4. How closely are you following all the primaries, nominations, and the like?
I wasn't at first, but now I am, and I've gotten interested in this subject.
Take care all.

[Recirculatory System]

1. Do you think Kerry has a chance to defeat Bush?
- A slim one, maybe.

2. Do you think someone other than Kerry has a better chance?
- I don't think so anymore, not with the momentum Kerry has got over the past couple of weeks.

3. Would you rather have Bush re-elected?
- Depends on his policy on immigration, and the policies of his potential successor.

4. How closely are you following all the primaries, nominations, and the like?
- Not hugely, but the BBC was providing a fair whack of coverage until the Hutton business came up. I suspect it'll continue with the rather intensive coverage within the next few days, however. I think we'll be getting an awful lot of coverage over here though, people are extremely interested, given the close ties between the two nations, the Florida 2000 business and the fact that many people disagree with Bush's policies and ergo our involvement in the Coalition.

[Nait]

Is Noname the guy who used to have a name that started with a K or something? Cuz I'm sensing a pattern here.

[Sheerpile]

1. Yes

2. No

3. No

4. Closely

[Roogle]

The election of a Democratic president now would interfere with Hilary's ascension to the presidency in 2008. Since she cannot be stopped, Bush will probably be re-elected.

We have no chance to survive. Make our time.

(On a side note, I heard the above comment about Hilary on CNN. I don't really know if Kerry would beat Bush, but I'm betting not. Incumbents are usually re-elected...)

[KingAlces]

1. Yes. There's an underground "Anybody but Bush" movement growing, and it's going to appeal to a lot of groups that Bush has pissed off. Also keep in mind that Bush was never a popular president. Even though he won the election, he did not win the popular vote.

2. No, although either Edwards or Dean has probably about the same shot. Dean isn't looking so hot at the primaries right now... he has quite a bit of liberal support (even though supposedly he's fiscally moderate). He seems like just another Gore to me really, and we all know how successful Gore was...

3. Please NO

4. I am an addict for Democratic primary news. I'm not a Democrat myself (I have mixed feelings about both of our two-party system), but I'm sticking to news about the road to nomination like white on rice.