ELECTION '04 The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 5 Clark wins Oklahoma in tight race, with Edwards close behind PRIMARIES Continued from Page 1 Press Secretary for John Edwards in Michigan. "None of the candidates knew they were going to have to allocate so much time." With nine states having held caucuses and primar- ies to date, Washington's primary and Michigan's caucuses on Saturday are next in line On Saturday all the candidates will be watching as Michiganders vote, as it represents the largest num- ber of delegates in any state yet. While all the cam- paigns are interested in Michigan, only Dean, Clark and Kerry have scheduled visits before Saturday. "It's one of several states that are very important," said Christy Setzer, spokeswoman for Dean in Michigan. "It's a delegate-rich state and it's a dele- gate race with John Kerry." With Saturday on the horizon for the developing campaigns, Michigan voters can expect to see televi- sion ads for the first time. "We're going to look at the results from (yester- day) and see what we have to do," said Eric Schultz, Kerry's Michigan spokesman. "We want to make the right strategic decision to see where we need to go on the air." Some candidates have questioned the effects of tele- vision advertising due to the limited amount of money available for the many Democratic candidates. "Voter turnout in Michigan is expected to be around 150,000 and in a state of 9 million there are just better ways to target voters and better ways to spend money," said Jonathan Beeton, spokesman for Clark in Michi- gan. "(Clark) is looking to do well and pick up dele- gates in Michigan, but we're really focused on Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin." Despite Lieberman's withdrawal the race, last night's biggest disappointment was Howard Dean. The former Vermont governor failed to mount even a second place "I think a lot of people were surprised that Feb. 3 would be such a dogfight ... None of the candidates knew that they were going to have to allocate so much time. - Ted Anderson Edwards' Michigan spokesman finish in any of the contested states, perhaps because his campaign had already turned to later states. "At this point (Dean) just needed to fare well enough (yesterday), and do well and maybe win on Feb. 7, 8 or 10 before Feb. 17 in Wisconsin, where we expect to do very well," Setzer said. FEB. 3 PRIMARY RUNDOWN Sen. Joe Lieberman withdrew from the Democratic presidential nomination race last night after falling to be a contender in Iowa, New Hampshire, and the seven states which held primaries yesterday. Candidates get ready for state caucuses Saturday LANSING, (AP) - U.S. Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards set their sights on Michigan after rolling up Democratic presidential primary wins yesterday in several other states. "There's an enormous amount of support for Senator Edwards here," Edwards' state director in Michigan, Derek Albert, said yesterday after the North Carolina senator won the South Carolina primary. "There's a lot of momentum." Albert said plans for Edwards to campaign in Michigan before the state's Democratic presidential caucus- es Saturday are still up in the air but added that Michigan is "crucial to the campaign." Kerry comes into Michigan leading in the polls and with victories yester- day in five states. A win here Saturday could wrap up the nomination by awarding the Massachusetts senator most of the 128 pledged delegates at stake, the largest number of any state so far, said former Gov. James Blanchard. "We could very well finalize the nomination of John Kerry, and I think that would give our state a lot of lever- age," Blanchard said from a Kerry vic- tory party in Detroit. "It enables Michigan to maybe make a major statement Saturday." But Blanchard stopped short of predicting a Kerry victory, in part because Michigan's caucus system, which allowed voters to begin cast- ing votes by mail or over the Inter- net in early January, makes Saturday's outcome harder to pre- dict. About 25,000 ballots had been cast as of yesterday. "I have no doubt if we had a nor- mal primary, if people made up their mind this week or tomorrow or Saturday, Kerry would win deci- sively. But we have early voting" and many of those votes could have gone to former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, said Blanchard, who is helping run Kerry's Michigan campaign. Dean, who did not win any of the seven states holding primaries and caucuses yesterday, at one point had Kerry comes into Michigan leading in the polls and with victories yesterday in five states. A win here Saturday could wrap up the nomination. pinned his hopes of reviving his campaign on Michigan. Dean now says he is focusing on Wisconsin's Feb. 17 primary. But he also is spending a lot of time in Michigan. He campaigned here twice in the past week and plans to travel across the state tomorrow and Friday, although he sees his campaign slipping in Michigan as Kerry racks up endorsements and support. "We don't have a chance of (win- ning Michigan), but we hope to pick up some delegates," Dean said last night during an interview on MSNBC. He added that he may have a chance of winning Washington state, which also holds its Democratic presidential contest Saturday. Retired Gen. Wesley Clark won Oklahoma in a tight battle with Kerry and Edwards last night, and some political observers said he had to win there to have any chance of competing in Saturday's contests. "It's a marathon, not a sprint. We're still waiting to see what the polls are in other states like New Mexico," said Jonathan Beeton, Clark's Michigan spokesman. Clark plans to come to Michigan tomor- row and is expected to campaign here through Friday morning. U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio got only marginal support in yesterday's contests but plans to campaign in Michigan on Friday and Saturday. The Rev. Al Sharpton has not announced his Michigan campaign plans. REPUBLICANS Continued from Page 1 primary season because we see five candidates who each have one strong issue but who will not be able to defeat President Bush on their own," MacGuidwin, an LSA senior, said. He added that because most American voters are concerned about homeland security and the war on terrorism, they plan to examine the candidates' positions on those issues. Both MacGuidwin and Laura Davis, secretary of the College Republicans, said Bush has an edge over the Democratic candidates on these issues because of his experiences as president. "Bush's record as president speaks to his quali- fications as candidate," said Davis, an LSA soph- omore. Although the media has focused much of its attention on the Democratic presidential primar- ies and caucuses, the Republican Party has also held primaries in states like Iowa and New Hampshire. But because Bush does not face any serious challengers from within his party, the Republican primaries have not been publicized, MacGuidwin said. While the Democratic candidates compete for the nomination, Bush sent influential Republican Party members like former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Sen. John McCain of Arizona to last week's New Hampshire Democratic pri- maries. Foley said he expects that more high-profile Republican politicians will begin campaigning for Bush soon. "Even though there is not an official Democrat opponent as of yet, it is never too early to start cam- paigning," he said. But Foley added that he expects Bush will not begin his widespread campaigning until a Democ- ratic presidential opponent is chosen. The College Republicans and Students for Bush started their campus campaign with a kickoff event the day of the Michigan-Ohio State football game. This Saturday, members of the College Repub- licans will help the Washtenaw County Republi- can Party run a phone bank in the area, as part of the Michigan GOP's Super Saturday program to register voters. Other students say that the significant point of the November election is not which candidate wins, but which policies prevail. "It doesn't matter whether a Democrat or a Repub- lican becomes president. LSA sophomore JonathaBoguth said. The important thing is that big government is going to win over smaller government with either party," He said that as a Libertarian, he used to favor Bush for re-election. His views have changed as Bush began to increase spending on federal departments such as the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Commerce, and now said he is undecided. 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