Team touted by Gephardt fades in Iowa

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/F2EEF4C27FFFAB5286256D760031C382?OpenDocument&Headline=Team+touted+by+Gephardt+fades+in+Iowa

When Richard Gephardt announced his "leadership team" of Iowa supporters a month ago he said, "I don't take one bit of support for granted," and touted what he called "a great team of folks behind me."

But in politics, a month can be painfully long, and if Gephardt looks behind him now he'll find that his leadership team is fading in a state deemed crucial to his presidential hopes.

Of the 34 "leadership" individuals listed until Friday on Gephardt's Iowa campaign Web site, 11 say that in fact they are either undecided in the presidential campaign or actively supporting one of Gephardt's rivals.

At least seven of those listed, including three mayors and a county supervisor, say they never intended to be counted among Gephardt supporters to begin with.

Among the 15 individuals who identified themselves as actual Gephardt supporters, several appeared to be wavering. "I said I'd support him for now, verbally, but that's as far as it goes," said Joe McCasland, the mayor of Calmar, Iowa.

[PartyPooper]

1. Bon Voyage, Dick Gephardt! It was nice knowing ya'!

I never could vote for you or Kerry because of your vote for the "war" in Iraq. You and lotsa' other folks in Congress have blood on your hands as a result of this pre-emptive invasion. You shoulda listened to Senator Byrd (and, the millions of people in the U.S. and around the world who were opposed to this "war" and occupation.)

Shame on YOU!

¡Hasta la vista! :hi:

GO DEAN!

:dem:

[sujan]

4. lol

[IndianaGreen]

2. "You don't want people jumping ship."

"This is the sort of thing they don't need at this point," Squire said, referring to the endorsement denials. "You don't want people jumping ship."

Gephardt was one the prowar candidates that I could have supported had he been the nominee, based solely on his labor record and his health care proposal. I would have ignored his dismal record as House leader and his shameful performance in the Rose Garden when he and Lieberman stood alongside Bush in support of the invasion of Iraq.

That this story is coming from a St. Louis paper, rather than the Beltway, says volumes about Gep's situation.

[DagmarK]

3. Wonder of Geppie will stick around for the dismal Iowa primary.....

or bow out before?

I don't suppose those Iowans were the least bit miffed that Geppie missed the OT vote and the Headstart vote????

Buh bye!!!!!!

And then there were 8!

[BenFranklinUSA]

5. Hear that?

That huge sucking sound... ;)