What's next?

South Carolina, Arizona, Delaware, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma...

Polling data that is up-to-date only appears to exist for SC, AZ and OK.

Kerry's brain trust has some decisions to make: (1) play nice and run everywhere hoping to run the table -- don't know what his fund raising situation is. As the frontrunner, the cash could be rolling in enough for such a strategy. (2) if the $$$ are limiting, then Kerry will have to pick a few states he thinks he can take and put resources there. (3) go on the attack to finish off his rivals one-by-one.

Clark maybe so weak Kerry may simply ignore him. Dean is probably the larger current actual threat but Edwards may be the larger potential threat. So will Kerry's team go to SC and try to take it onto Edward's turf? Or will Kerry concentrate on Missouri and try to pick up Gephardt supporters and shoot for a strong 2nd in SC and show up in various other places hoping the inevitability factor sets in?

Meanwhile, where does Edwards go? If he loses SC, he loses his selling point of being competitive in the south so for sure he is going to have that as a priority. But where else does he go for a break out? And does Edwards have VP in mind? If so, he might not want to rough Kerry up too much while running hard for the top job.

Likewise Dean faces similar issues about where to make a stand, perhaps Missouri? The dollars will dry up without a win somewhere. Also, is he thinking Veep? If so, he can't go too far in attacking Kerry.