NEW HAMPSHIRE GIVES US...KERRY


So in the warped world that is presidential primary politics, the sitting senator from Massachusets convinces 38% of his next-door neighbors to vote for him and has won a "decisive" victory that according to some pundits "all but assures him of the nomination." It is particularly interesting to watch the 5 speeches tonight, and to see the enthusiasm that still burns hot in all of the losers. Even Lieberman, who is supposed to have suffered a knock-out blow tonight with a 5th-place finish sounded a defiant call to arms.


I believe that this race which has stumped the pundits so far, still has some twists and turns ahead. Dean has put the "Scream" behind him and is going to come hard at Kerry. He certainly is the more dynamic candidate. The best hope for the Dems is that from out of that scrum, one of the candidates who finished in the second-tier tonight emerges with a shot at the nomination.