"DNC SURVEY: There's Dean And Frost And Then Everybody Else"
In Hotline's 2nd survey of the entire DNC membership since the campaign for DNC chair unofficially began following E-Day '04, the candidate that led the balloting in Dec. leads the balloting in Jan.: Howard Dean."-- But before Deaniacs and anti-Deaniacs scream in (excitement/disgust/angst), the Vermonster appears to be facing a stiff challenge from Martin Frost, who has one of the larger home-state DNC delegations in his pocket. Even when combining 1st and 2nd choices, Dean does not yet exceed 40%, while Frost is lingering just under 30%."-- Beyond Dean and Frost, no other candidate receives double-digit support, though Fowler, Webb and Rosenberg have some promising 2nd choice support. The candidate who fared the poorest in the survey is Tim Roemer, who received almost three times more "last choice" support than he did 1st/2nd choice support combined."ABC "The Note" (1/14/05)"As y'all must know by now, former Rep. Tim Roemer did not show up at yesterday's America Votes conclave, provoking much tittering. We checked the Roemer camp's explanation, and the weather out of Albuquerque was very not good. Which is a shame, because many America Votes members really wanted to question Mr. Roemer, particularly about social issues..Several sources say that the assembled AV folks thought former Rep. Martin Frost and former Vt. Gov. Howard Dean came off particularly well.
