Homefield Disadvantage
Posted by Moonage on 23 Aug 2005 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race
The title was so perfectly worded by Indpendent Sources I had to steal it. It appears John Kerry of Massachusetts has an uphill battle for his party’s nomination, in of all places, Massachusetts. According to a poll cited by the Boston Globe, Kerry trails Hillary Clinton 33% to 21% in his home state.
Now, where it gets real interesting IMO, is Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, in the same poll, trailed Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly 51 to 38 in a potential governor’s race. In a potential Republican Presidential Primary, Romney is trailing both Rudy Giuliani AND John McCain.
Romney apparently needs to re-evaluate his strategy for his future in Massachusetts. Kerry just needs to give up his pipe dream. Although Romney could appeal to a lot of the geographic US, Kerry’s stereotypical Boston. If Kerry can’t pull Massachusetts, he has no chance of anything else.
Come 2008, neither of these guys will be in the presidential national picture IMO. If Kerry is, the Democrats have already lost.
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