Volume 3 Issue 7
February 10, 2004
There Can Be Only One
Edwards. Clark. Two Southerners. Two Southern Primaries. One Winner. Or Runner-up.
In a move that brings back memories of his father, Bush's economic advisers said yesterday that all the jobs (including white collar ones) that are moving overseas was a good thing. While some of their points may be accurate, others are up for debate, and irregardless, those who have lost their jobs have been unable to find new ones, a key part of how a true market economy should function.
Those who can find jobs have also found ones that pay much less then their previous ones. The Labor Department says wages haven't fallen, but their numbers do not account for inflation. Plus, when you average in the ever increasing CEO salaries, it easily counters the low salaries of the jobs created under Bush.
Finally, the rosy estimates the White House put out for job creation this year has just over 2 million jobs being created. Considering these estimates have been wrong for the last umpteenth months, I wouldn't put too much stock in them. But even if they are right, overall for the Bush Administration, we would still likely lose jobs, or at best break even. That's a great thing to run on: "Re-elect Bush: Hey, you're not worse off then 4 years ago!"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26982-2004Feb9.html
Big primaries in Tennessee and Virginia today. The effect of the early voting in both states will be interesting. In Tennessee, over 104,000 early ballots were cast, many before Kerry's surge and Dean's destruction, and the South rising again in Edwards and Clark. Unless there's an unlikely split between them, it looks like either Edwards or Clark is history after today. In fact, looking at the last polls, if only one of them were in the race, they likely would have beaten Kerry. Kerry will probably win both though, so Edwards and Clark are fighting for 2nd. Kerry may be beatable one-on-one, it's just that everyone in the race still thinks that the person to go one-on-one with Kerry is them, so by the time only one is left...it may be too late.
Official Tennessee Results - http://www.state.tn.us/sos/election.htm
Official Virginia Results - http://sbe.vipnet.org/feb2004/index.htm
Oh, and Maine still hasn't finished counting from Sunday's caucus, so no delegate numbers from there yet. Hopefully they'll finish today.
Primary Day: It's showdown time for the boys of the South in the South -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26841-2004Feb9.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/10/politics/campaign/10DEMS.h tml?pagewanted=all&position=
Democrats hope to show that they can be viable in the Border States of Tennessee and Virginia -
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/10/politics/campaign/10TENN.h tml
Mr. Front Runner Kerry: Is Kerry running a dirty tricks campaign? Hard to tell if this stuff is legitimate, or if it's just part of the "Anyone But Kerry" group -
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/2/10/43630/8746
Dr. Dean's Delusions: It's Unsinkable! Dean said yesterday that the campaign would continue, even if he lost Wisconsin. It's beginning to look like he's the cruise director on the Titanic -
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/10/politics/campaign/10DEAN.h tml
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25792-2004Feb9.html
Former Campaign manager Joe Trippi said if Dean does not capture the nomination, he shouldn't turn his donor and e-mail list over to the DNC -
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-elect/2004/feb/10/021009177.html
The Vice President Question - Cheney: More discussion on whether or not Cheney will be on the ticket come this fall -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26847-2004Feb9.html
Bad John Edwards Photo of the Day: 
Ok, let's get him out of here before the crowd figures out it's just a dummy...
Where Was George? The Boston Globe has obtained military records that show that Bush was given credit for his "missing" National Guard duty, but there are still some gaps and discrepancies in the records -
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/02/10/bush_c redited_for_guard_drills/
How a private group got the records before the White House did is unknown. The DoD has asked for all Bush records, including pay stubs -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26843-2004Feb9.html
Richard Cohen says Bush should tell the truth about his war service -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27178-2004Feb9.html
The Leak: Big Bush advisers have been testifying before the special council on the CIA leak this week -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26979-2004Feb9.html
But did he Finish his Guard Stint? The missing Russian Presidential candidate has been found vacationing in the Ukraine -
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Russia-Missing-Candidate.html?hp
A Ringing Endorsement: The diet guru Atkins was obese and had heart disease, says the medical examiner -
http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/02/10/atkins.widow.ap/index.h tml
