If Gep is knocked out on Monday, who does he endorse

[displacedyankeedem]

I think Edwards probably.

[Tatiana]

1. I'm thinking Dean.

Because of his already large organized labor support.

[DaisyUCSB]

11. Dean doesn't have any major labor support

the big unions that endorsed him were services, not labor, unions

[GalleryGod]

22. Gep? More like A.B.D.

:argh: No Way Dean......Edwards or Kerry.

[Donovan_McNabb]

2. Clark

Edwards is too weak a candidate. Clark has the best chance of beating Dean.

[AP]

9. How does that make sense?

Clearly "weak" candidates get endorsements. And how can Edwards be considered a weak candidate anymore? He's had an astounding surge in IA, and there's nothing to suggest that the same message he's succeeding with would be successful everywhere.

And don't forget, this is the guy the media practically ignored and dismissed for a 11 months.

[Donovan_McNabb]

14. We'll see

Edwards is going nowhere in New Hampshire. If he wins Iowa, or comes in 2nd, then Gephardt might endorse him, but that's a big maybe. Clark is a better bet.

[JI7]

18. edwards is moving up in new hampshire, and iowa would boost him

and gephardt has a similar background to edwards that's why i think gep would endorse him. although if he was endorsing based on friendship it would probably be kerry but i can't see that happening. i think he just relates to edwards based on hearing both speak.

[IndianaGreen]

3. Gephardt should enlist in the military

and help fight the war that he was so instrumental in bringing about!

Any Gephardt endorsement I would treat like the plague.

[AP]

10. one-track mind.

Let me introduce you to the HRC (the gay rights organization), which endorsed Al Damato.

Haven't we learned that single issue-ism can lead to bad, illiberal candidate selection?

[IndianaGreen]

12. I thought that HRC endorsed D'Amato because he was an asshole!

:evilgrin:

[JI7]

17. ?

?

[IndianaGreen]

20. Sorry, it is an inside joke!

:hi:

[JI7]

4. john edwards

i think john edwards because of their upbringing.

[VolcanoJen]

5. Conventional Wisdom says Kerry

Old-school Congress sticks together.

[JI7]

8. harkin gore bradley ?

but there is also a chance he wont endorse anyone. he might even stay in until new hampshire votes.

[VolcanoJen]

13. Good point.

I just can't picture Gephardt endorsing Dean, after all that's happened. My guess would be Kerry, then Edwards. I think Gep is in this thing through New Hampshire, but after that, he might have money problems.

Then again, I think we'd all be fools to rule out a Gephardt victory in Iowa, given the power of his Midwestern machine. We shouldn't underestimate him.

[GalleryGod]

24. Gep Endorsing Dean?

:wtf: NOPE.

[Leilani]

6. Kerry

They are both long serving legislators in DC.

[sandnsea]

7. No one, right away

He'll say they're all great candidates and he chooses not to influence the process unfairly. But if I had to guess, I'd say Edwards. They speak the same language.

[NV1962]

15. Can't miss: either Sharpton or Lieberman

Ironclad, unassailable argument: they need endorsement, too.

[ButterflyBlood]

16. Kerry

n/t

[Tiger Tank II]

19. Kerry

He'll most likely back anyone but Dean. And with Kerry doing well again he is the most likely to be endorsed.

More likely then anything else, he'll just use his endorsement reversely and put down Dean.

Verdamen!

[deminflorida]

21. Politics is well just that, I'd say he endorses the most likely place

for his supporters to go...Clark. People like a winning horse, period. Gephardt doesn't want to get shut out of the political process. But, lets not count him out yet, I still think he has the best chance of winning Iowa.

[elfin]

23. Most likely Kerry

Kerry has firefighter union endorsement, Gep values legislative experience over gubernatorial or military, Dean burned endorsement bridge with negativity aimed at Gep.

[Padraig18]

25. Hard to say.

I don't see him endorsing Clark, but I can see a case being made for Kerry, Dean and Edwards. My hunch--- no one, right away.

[the populist]

26. Edwards n/t

[adadem]

27. Kerry or Edwards

possibly Clark

[George_Bonanza]

28. Edwards is my best guess

He's the only major candidate that he hasn't run into negatively yet, and they come from similar hard-working backgrounds. It'd be very strange for Gephardt to spend all that time and money trying to convince America why Howard Dean is bad, only to endorse him at the time when 4 candidates stand a very realistic chance of winning the nomination.

[jenk]

29. I'll say Edwards

but it wouldn't shock me if he went Kerry

[Cuban_Liberal]

30. No one.

:)