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Originally posted by bilmore
Do you honestly feel there is a strong Kerry base that isn't where it is simply out of ABB motivations? I think Dean had such a base, and maybe Edwards, but my impression was that Kerry has no real committed group of followers, and is the nominee only because people looked at the numbers and decided that he could draw a sufficiently wide vote to credibly challenge Bush.
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What, you think he became nominee by default? Kerry built the kind of base that stayed with him when chips were down and Dean surged and Clinton's gang pushed Clark. Some of this was the passion of the Viet Vets on the trail, some of it a good solid field organization on the ground. In Iowa and NH, you'll find that despite Clinton's push for Clark, much of the grassroots Democratic faithful went with and stayed with Kerry.
On the other hand, from where I sit, it looks like W's base is pretty much a hand-me-down from Dad. Hell, even his VP is a hand-me-down.
