On the one hand the MoveOn.org PAC’s online primary means nothing more than your typical straw poll (like the Alabama Straw Poll that selected Alan Keyes back in 1999). On the other, this one time it will have some significance, not because of the vote totals per se, as they mean nothing (I mean, gee whiz, Kucinich can in second), but because in the current absence of real news, this will get a ton of coverage. And that coverage will be largely positive for Howard Dean (something he needs after last week) and will help continue him further his standing as a front-runner. It will probably help his fund-raising as well.
MOVEON
In a rather insipid poll that is nonetheless getting substantial attention, MoveOn.org PAC ranks the Democrats vying for the 2024 nomination. Howard Dean received 44%…
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Straw Poll Results
The MoveOn straw poll results are in . . . They say, “Since no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, MoveOn.org PAC will not currently endorse any candidate.” I think they’re trying to coerce the voters.
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