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2004 US Presidential Election
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January 27, 2004
| Simulblog highlights

Excerpted quotes, lifted from my oft-updated simulblog…

Dean: “We’re going to change this country, one way or the other.” Hmm… a third-party rallying cry??

Kerry: “If I am president, I pledge…”
Crowd: “When! When! When! When! When!”
Kerry: “When I am president…”

Kerry: “Stand with us, and we will build a prosperity where Americans are not just working for the economy, but the economy is working for Americans. A prosperity where we will reduce the poverty of millions rather than reducing the taxes of millionaires.”

Edwards: “We’re going to see great victories on Feb. 3.”

Dean: “The only way to beat George Bush is to stand up to him all the time, not just when it’s convenient, not just some of the time.” [This begs the question: what if George Bush is right some of the time? Occasionally? Once in a blue moon? Do we will have to stand up to him “all the time”? But I digress.]

Kerry: “If balancing the budget is called liberal, then let’s go, you can go ahead and call me that. … I don’t think it’s very conservative to run up deficits. I don’t think it’s very conservative to trample on civil rights. … “

Lieberman: “I’m an independent-minded Democrat, and that’s the only kind that has a chance to beat George W. Bush.”

Wolf Blitzer: “We expected it to be closer” based on exit polls alone. Blitzer was very precise and emphatic all evening in his discussion of exit polls vs. “real votes” … seemed to want everything to be transparent to the viewers.

More here.



Posted by Brendan at January 27, 2004 10:41 PM | TrackBack
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For whatever it’s worth, Newt Gingrich — speaking at an event televised by C-SPAN last month — thought that there was a 50% chance that Dean would be the Green party nominee if not nominated by the Dems . . .

Posted by: momrowgal at January 28, 2004 02:29 AM

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