Wednesday, February 11, 2004


Yahoo! News - Kerry Sweeps in South, Clark Quits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry rolled to dominating wins in Virginia and Tennessee on Tuesday, scoring a Southern sweep that knocked rival Wesley Clark out of the race and put the nomination within reach.

Kerry, whose campaign was considered dead barely a month ago until he charged to a win in Iowa, earned more than 50 percent of the vote in Virginia. Edwards ran a distant second and Clark a poor third.

In Tennessee, Kerry scored more than 40 percent of the vote, with Edwards 15 percentage points behind and Clark in third place.

Makes you wonder how Kucinich and Sharpton can afford to hang around. Edwards for VP? Would love to see him debate Cheney.