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Kerry Sweeps Four Southern Primaries [Campaigns in IL and courts deal for Dean Endorsement]
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Mar 09, 2004 10:20pm |
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| Media | News Service - Associated Press |
| News Date | Tuesday, March 9, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Kerry Sweeps Four Southern Primaries [Campaigs in IL and courts deal for Dean Endorsement]
The Honolulu Advertiser
John Kerry, with only phantom rivals and pushovers left in the Democratic race, easily won four Southern primaries Tuesday to bring him within striking distance of the presidential nomination. Kerry swept Florida, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana. He was winning about 75 percent of the votes in Florida and Mississippi, and more than 60 percent in the two other states, with the field pretty much to himself.
"It must be getting lonely for George Bush," Kerry said in an appearance with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. "It seems he's the last person left in America who actually believes his failed policies will ever work." He welcomed his four victories in remarks at Chicago's Union Station and took another shot at Bush: "This president doesn't have a record to run on, only a record to run from, so he's already resorting to personal attacks."
Kerry may soon get help from former rival Howard Dean, who was meeting with the nominee-in-waiting Wednesday to discuss a possible endorsement, sources said. Officials familiar with the discussions, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Dean was prepared to endorse Kerry, campaign for him and ask his own contributors to donate to the presumptive nominee. But that was contingent on the outcome of the meeting, and Kerry's willingness to help court the faction of Dean's supporters still skeptical of his commitment to reform, the officials said. If the meeting goes well, as expected, aides for Dean and Kerry would spend a week or so orchestrating an endorsement, the officials said. |
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