CNN.com - Polls: Kerry leads rivals in New Hampshire - Jan. 22, 2004
I'll repeat: Bush is my man, but I'm loving seeing Dean die a slow or quick death [UPDATE: I phrased it this way because I don't know what kind of death it is yet. Dean has a lot of money and a huge ego. He could be around for a while as either a Democrat or independent]. I'm a Republican, but an American first and I want us to have a good President regardless of the general election. Dean isn't it. Not by a long shot.

President Bush has my vote in November, but I'm pulling for Kerry until the Democrats have a nominee.

Sen. John Kerry moved atop the Democratic pack in New Hampshire five days before the state's presidential primary, with a five-point edge over his closest rival, Howard Dean, in a CNN/USA Today/Gallup tracking poll out Thursday.

Kerry, a senator from neighboring Massachusetts, got a boost from his victory in the Iowa caucuses Monday night, and several other polls also showed him at the top of the pack Thursday.

Kerry had the support of 30 percent of likely New Hampshire voters in the three-day poll, conducted Monday through Wednesday. Dean, the former Vermont governor, followed with 25 percent, and retired Gen. Wesley Clark was at 18 percent.

The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, who placed second in Monday's Iowa caucuses, won the support of 11 percent of likely voters, while Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut trailed with 8 percent. Rep. Dennis Kucinich weighed in at 4 percent, and civil rights activist Al Sharpton had the support of less than one percent of those surveyed.