Friday, April 21, 2006
Kerry Defends Iowa and New Hampshire Primary Primacy
Democrat John Kerry, candidate for President in 2004 and possibly again in 2008, defended the status quo of the US primary system on Friday.
He said he believed the process doesn't need to be fixed, and that DNC chairman Howard Dean is mistaken in his desire to shift the order of primaries to take focus away from New Hampshire and Iowa. Dean, and other prominent Democrats, would like to add other states' primaries betweeen Iowa and New Hampshire, purportedly in the interest of diverisfying the early leaders.
Of course, the move implies that the Dems are not happy with their last nominee, who was of course John Kerry. So in some ways, he's simply standing up for the process that stamped him with approval.
Still, Kerry says “It’s my position. And my position is my position.”
A bit more of that firmness in the 04 election and he might not be complaining about 60,000 votes in Ohio today.
He said he believed the process doesn't need to be fixed, and that DNC chairman Howard Dean is mistaken in his desire to shift the order of primaries to take focus away from New Hampshire and Iowa. Dean, and other prominent Democrats, would like to add other states' primaries betweeen Iowa and New Hampshire, purportedly in the interest of diverisfying the early leaders.
Of course, the move implies that the Dems are not happy with their last nominee, who was of course John Kerry. So in some ways, he's simply standing up for the process that stamped him with approval.
Still, Kerry says “It’s my position. And my position is my position.”
A bit more of that firmness in the 04 election and he might not be complaining about 60,000 votes in Ohio today.
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# posted @ 11:51 PM 
