I know why Dean is winning MA!

[CTLawGuy]

It's obvious!

VT is right next door to MA, Dean is obviously a favorite son there! In fact he should be expected to win MA

:-) :-)

[beyurslf]

1. MA?

John Kerry is from MA. He should be the favorite son there. Do you think JK is beating Dean in the polls in Vermont?

[CTLawGuy]

2. I know ;-)

and no, dean has a 47% - 18% lead over Kerry in VT.

[JaneQPublic]

3. UPI: Mass. poll has Kerry behind in home state

http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/11260000aaa064e1.upi&Sys=rmmiller&Fid=NATIONAL&Type=News&Filter=National%20News

Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kerry trails former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean in a new poll of Democrats and independents in Kerry's home state.

The poll, conducted for the Lawrence, Mass., Eagle Tribune has Dean as the preferred nominee of 24 percent of survey participants while Kerry was picked by 22 percent. The third largest bloc of respondents, 21 percent, said they were undecided.

---snip

The poll also shows that 33 percent of respondents think the former Vermont governor would be the strongest candidate against President Bush in 2004 vs. 19 percent who said Kerry.

A major of those surveyed, 52 percent, said they would stick with their first choice even if New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the race.

[Jerseycoa]

5. Not quite

The MOE is 5.2% -- they're together in a smoosh with Undecided.

[damnraddem]

4. MA is a large, urban state. VT is a small, rural state.

Insofar as Dean wins in MA, he does it on his own, not as a 'favorite son.' If Dean wins MA, it will be over the favorite son: Kerry.

That the states are adjacent does have one major consequence: a Dean-Kerry ticket would not be a viable one.