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Dean to Focus on 7 States After Shake-Up
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| Contributor | Eddie |
| Last Edited | Eddie Jan 29, 2004 07:01am |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News: Iran |
| News Date | Thursday, January 29, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Fresh off a staff shake-up, Howard Dean is returning to the campaign trail, trying to regain his footing with a new strategy focused on the delegate-rich states most likely to determine this year's Democratic presidential nominee.
Dean scheduled a rally Thursday at Michigan State University, choosing to re-emerge after his New Hampshire loss in a state that doesn't even vote on Tuesday. But delegate-rich Michigan plays prominently in his new strategy of focusing on states by delegate count, rather than calendar.
Rival John Kerry is the two-state champion and is advertising in all seven of the Feb. 3 states. Dean is not yet on air in any of the seven and has no plans to visit three of them — Delaware, Oklahoma and North Dakota.
Dean had an early advantage in Michigan. The state is allowing caucus-goers to cast their ballots on the Internet, an option tailor-made for Dean's web-based organization.
But after Dean's loss in Iowa, Kerry opened a double-digit lead in the Michigan polls and Gov. Jennifer Granholm plans to endorse Kerry. The Massachusetts senator also has several other leading Michigan Democrats on his side.
Dean's schedule through the weekend shows that he also plans to visit Seattle and Milwaukee. Washington's caucus is also on Feb. 7, with 76 delegates at stake, and the Wisconsin primary offers 72 delegates on Feb. 17. |
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