Is Wisconsin Putting the Coronation on Hold?

Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Oh, man…

2% of precincts are reporting in the pivotal Wisconsin primary, and — wait for it — John Edwards is actually leading John Kerry, 40% to 37%. (Howard Dean is pulling up third place with 18%.)

Is it possible that Wisconsin is going to throw the Kerry bandwagon off the road after all? This should be good!

UPDATE: Well, it’s 10:20 PM EST and CNN has called it for Kerry, but by a narrow margin — with 48% of precincts reporting, Kerry has 39%, Edwards has 37%, Dean has 18%. Edwards couldn’t pull out a win, but it’s a strong showing nonetheless, and it gives him a rationale for hanging in at least until Super Tuesday. Kerry gets the win, but looks weaker than expected considering that just a few days ago he was expected to pull in more than 50%. And Dean does about as well as anyone expected — now we’ll see whether he intends to stay in the race or not. No matter what, Edwards’ showing means that it certainly looks as if this contest isn’t over yet.

Sound Off, Loudmouth!

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