Whispered exit polling numbers


They have been wrong before but Drudge is citing NRO's inside sources.

AZ Kerry 46, Clark 24, Dean 13.
MO Kerry 52, Edwards 23, Dean 10
SC Edwards 44, Kerry 30, Sharpton 10
OK Edwards 31, Kerry 29, Clark 28
DE Kerry 47, Dean 14, Lieberman 11, Edwards 11

If Clark really does finish third in OK, then he is done. An Edwards win there will solidify him big time. What is shocking is how far and fast Dean has fallen off! We shall see if these numbers hold. The early wispered numbers in NH had the race much closer than it really turned out to be.

UPDATE: Kerry takes AZ with 43 to Clark's 27 and Dean's 14
Kerry takes MO with 51 to Edward's 25 and Dean's 9
Edwards takes SC with 45 to Kerry at 30 and Sharpton with 10
Clark has a very slim lead (a little over a thousand votes) in OK with 30 and Edwards at 30 and Kerry 27
DE was behind Kerry with 50 Edwards and Lieberman with 11 and Clark and Dean with 10
NM and ND went to Kerry easily with Clark/Dean/Edwards following.

Lieberman has announced he is out.

The Kerry camp is must be pretty happy with their wins and how Edwards and Clark are splitting the "anybody but Kerry" vote. In head-to-head, Clark beat Edwards in AZ, NM and ND. Edwards beat Clark in SC and MO. They were essentially tied in OK and DE. Both can point to enough success to keep going.

Dean is faced with elimination. I just wonder how much anger is there in the Dean camp? If they really feel they have been wrong by the media and the Democratic establishment, then they will stay in the ring and hope to inflict some damage on Kerry so Edwards can win in the South and Clark can win in areas where a military guy gets some respect. I'd expect Dean to go after Kerry like crazy for at least a week. At that point, he will either pull out or fight all the way to the convention carrying the flag of reforming the party.

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