The polls have suddenly gotten very consistent in NH. Dean is in the low 30s, Clark is second in the high-teens to low 20s. And Kerry is in third. Suffolk is the latest to
weigh in (PDF). MoE 4.9. 1/12-13. (December results in parenthesis)
Dean 32 (35)
Clark 17 (10)
Undecided 16 (23)
Kerry 12 (12)
Lieberman 11 (6)
Gephardt 3 (5)
Edwards 3 (5)
Kucinich 1 (3)
Sharpton 1 (2)
Braun 0 (1)
I'd still rather be Dean than anyone else in this race, but the stress quotiant has to be sky-high.
Good. We'll need our nominee -- be it Dean or Clark (or one of the dark horses) -- to be battle-tested on his way to the Rove/Bush matchup. Over the next month we'll see which candidate and team has the mettle to take on Bush most effectively.
The winner of this primary will easily be the party's best option against Bush.