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February 05, 2004
Edwards | VA Primary Important for Edwards and Clark

Washington Post (through Yahoo! News) reports that Edwards and Clark are counting on Virginia keep their campaigns alive.

The campaigns of Sen. John Edwards (N.C.), who is riding a win in South Carolina, and retired Army Gen. Wesley K. Clark, coming off a narrow victory in Oklahoma, are focusing on Virginia as a place where they may be able to parry the momentum of the Massachusetts senator, who has won seven states.

Both challengers will be making numerous appearances — Edwards will be in Virginia every day until the primary — and both will put up television advertising in multiple media markets. Clark and Edwards, both born in the South, claim Virginia and neighboring Tennessee, the only other state with a primary Tuesday, as home turf.

Kerry will make his first appearance in the state this year on Saturday night in Richmond and make stops the next day in Richmond, Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia. The Kerry campaign, out to prove that the New Englander can win in the South, is buying television ads across the state.

The Virginia Democratic primary is being held on Tuesday and 82 delegates are at stake.



Posted by Jeff M at February 5, 2004 01:33 PM | TrackBack
Comments

I have seen other stories that Clark
and Edwards are focused ONLY on
Tennessee. What is the real story ?????

Posted by: leaddog2 at February 5, 2004 04:54 PM

I guess they need both to survice.

Make-or-break state for Clark

While Chris Lehane of the Clark campaign has said Tennessee is a make-or-break state, all the candidates were pointing to the showdown in Wisconsin. But the odds were with Kerry, who has the most money and allies.

Posted by: leaddog2 at February 5, 2004 10:45 PM

I guess they need both Tennessee and Virginia to survive.

Make-or-break state for Clark

While Chris Lehane of the Clark campaign has said Tennessee
is a make-or-break state, all the candidates were pointing to the
showdown in Wisconsin. But the odds were with Kerry, who has
the most money and allies.

Posted by: leaddog2 at February 5, 2004 10:47 PM

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