I think Dean has a strong chance of winning the primary in Wisconsin. I think he'd do especially well among Madison-area Democrats. Milwaukee, another Dem stronghold, might be more split, but I think Dean would get enough to win. The current polls seem to show Dean with a respectable lead for a 9-way race.

For the record, I'm originally from Wisconsin, in case anyone's wondering why some Alabama hick is looking at this. ;-)

any significant endorsements from WI democrats yet?

Well, as a must win this isn't looking too good for Dean.

That means Dean will be out of the race by Tuesday. I wonder what he will do next. Probably practice medicine. However, he will be awfully bitter. I would support him if he ran for the Senate in 2006. :)

Dean and his flacks are now slightly backing off the do-or-die status of WI. I wonder which next primary state will have the honor being a "brilliant ploy".

"That means Dean will be out of the race by Tuesday." - Sherlock The date it a week after the upcoming Tuesday, not the upcoming one. I suspect Dean will get out if he doesn't place second in any state up to this point. He'll be out for good on Super Tuesday.

Dean still has alot of work to do here. The new Milwaukee Journal Sentinel poll seems to indicate that his focus on Wisconsin is not paying off.

Dean needs to get real already. If he loses Wisconsin--which he will--what else is he going to do??? You can only lose and skip states for so long.....

His supporters can take heart from the fact that their candidate cannot take a hint. Dean is driven by probably one or the other- egotism or a desire for vindication.

Well....I think he's just having a hard time accepting the fact that he's not going to be the nominee, after weeks and weeks of being convered by the press and lauded as "the frontrunner". I admire the guy's passion, and I know it sucks to lose, but sooner or later he needs to face the music and bow out gracefully.

Either way, his intransigence won't be the top news story tonight. It looks like we're headed for another Kerry swamp. I went to dailyKos and saw the exit poll numbers, and in both states, its not even close.

I suspected that it wouldn't be. What are the exits saying about second place in both states?

Both states, Edwards comes in somewhere in the 20's, while Clark is far behind. Very poor showings for Clark.

Ahhh...nevermind. Just checked it myself. Edwards in second both places....running about 10 points ahead of Clark. If this holds up, it may be time for the general to bow out.

Clark has cancelled a fundraiser for tomorrow. Looks like he's getting out tonight.

Hmmm. It appears safe to deduce that Clark's supporters went for Kerry in the largest quantity. Undecideds dropped to 16%.

Wow. If Edwards (or even Dean...yeah I know) can't break into the 30's and at least make the race interesting it's time for him to get out. I expect the race to close, but 3 to 1 is very impressive for Kerry. fav/unfav Kerry 65/19 Edwards 29/16 Dean 19/43 Kucinich 8/36 Sharpton 5/52 Look at the numbers at the bottom three, they're absolutely pathetic. I suppose the only good news for Edwards is that he has some growth potential, but he better get moving fast.

Holy crap, those are just Democrats?

Poor CA Pol Junkie is going to lose a lot of points on this one... Oh, and Kal El, you have safe Gephardt here, just thought you'd like to know before you go the route of CA Pol Junkie.

KerryDem and Pimp - check your prediction.

"Oh, and Kal El, you have safe Gephardt here, just thought you'd like to know before you go the route of CA Pol Junkie." -Rex Grossman Take a look at Kal El's predictions sometimes. He/She intentionally picks losers for some reason. My best example offhand in MD District 4 - D Primary, he/she has George McDermott safe over Rep. Wynn.

I am an avid supporter of Dean. I really think he can get his act together and start to win. He has made bad decisions by not running a state-by-state campaign like John Kerry. However, I still wish him luck.

Exit polls from Wisconsin. Kerry 41 Edwards 32 Dean 15

Uh-oh. Looks like we're not going to see a blowout tonight.