Primary Dolor: Fighting Like a Badger Edition
• Kerryfacing a tough nationwide race: "[I]t is not at all yet demonstrated thatKerry, except maybe in Florida, is going to becompetitive at all south of the Mason-Dixon line." Meanwhile,Bush"won several states by a very small margin. Look at Ohio, Florida, Missouri, West Virginia, New Hampshire.I just think it's a tough sled." [ WP ]
• DeanandEdwardshope forsurprise Wisconsin wintonight.Dean: "But, you know, I plan to win Wisconsin one way or the other." [WP and LAT ]
•Wisconsin voters: Electability, electability, electability.[ WP ]
• Dean, struggling and losing campaign aides, begins to use the past tense. [ LAT and NYT ]
•Democrats being torally around Kerry. [ WSJ and NYT ]
• Kerrymaking inroads on Wall Street. "A few weeks ago, you could have helda Kerry fund-raiser in a broom closet," says an early backer. [ WSJ ]
•Economy could turn toBush'sfavor: "In the end, if they've got money in their pockets,it doesn't matter if it came by hard-earned work or tax cuts. That's where the president may have played his cards very well." [ WP ]
• Bush, upbeat, promotes the economy in Florida. [ WT and WP ]
• Kerrytries to be a union man and promises tostop the flow of jobs overseas. [ WT and NYT ]
•Vietnam is a major factor inKerrycampaign. AuthorDouglas Brinkley: "We have yet to close ranks on what occurred in society during those years. It's turned into an outright battle, withthe legacy of a generation at stake. And in the middle stands John Kerry." [ LAT ]
•Campaigns usesmix of delivery methodsto get message out. [ WT ]
•DNCwon't end 'AWOL' attacks, againstKerry'swishes. [ WT ]