Gephardt Major announcement in 20 minutes

[DU9598]

WHO tv in Des Moines (NBC affiliate) says he will make a major announcement in 20 minutes (about 10:30) that will be big, some sort of press conference. Anyone know what this is about?

[Fleshdancer]

1. Whaaaa???

This race is one of the biggest roller coaster rides I've ever been on.

[feckerman]

2. no clue

It would seem pre-mature to drop out? Any word?

[Hobarticus]

3. He isn't quitting...is he?

Did he need a landslide in Iowa?

[blackcat77]

4. Nothing on MSFOXCNN. No details? nt

[TSIAS]

5. I heard on CNN that he had an event scheduled for tonight

Very intrigued to hear what it's about.

[Fleshdancer]

6. a big endorsement would have leaked by now so I'm ruling that out

eom

[SadEagle]

7. May be his folks have the discipline not to do so...

.. who knows? Anyway, 20 minutes isn't that long of a wait, we will see how many DUers guess it right

[blackcat77]

9. You don't wait until the night before the vote.

Takes a little while for the word to spread and sink in.

[SadEagle]

12. Is it too late for tommorow's newspapers?

May be he is aiming for a top story above the fold, to start people's mornings. Particularly trying to counter Dean with Dr.Steinberg and Carter?

But yeah, not particularly likely.

[jenk]

8. this late at night? has to be important

[Fleshdancer]

10. Could he be joining forces with another candidate?

[Marlie]

11. Maybe Kerry

To be sure an establishment candidate wins - knocking Dean out.

[berner59]

13. that would be wild...

But his MTP thing this morning was all about how he knew he'd win...hmmm.... tick tock tick tock....

[Fleshdancer]

14. oooohh, I hope not! That would really piss me off

Certainly Gep wouldn't pull a stunt like that, would he?

Speculation is fun on a Sunday night. :)

[Guaranteed]

55. Ain't gonna happen.

Dean has more support than both of those clowns put together.

Dean is going to win this.

[dawgman]

15. well lets go crazy with predictions...here's mine joining with the DK camp

seriously who the hell knows?

[SadEagle]

16. Perhaps going nucler on one of the others?

Risky, but he doesn't have much to loose anyway. Yeah, I am cynical, no-one notice yet?

[ACPS65]

17. Wild?

Endorses Bush for President. ;)

[LifeDuringWartime]

19. announces he will by running for vice president under bush

n/t

[dawgman]

20. lol

Has decided that the communist party is the wave of the future in the USA

[hagbardceline]

22. gephardt

Well, he IS 0wned by the unions...

[GinaMaria]

46. red baiting and unions

how very blast from the past. Feel free to join us in the new Millennium.

[dawgman]

56. for god sake it was a joke I didn't know anyone would take it

seriously. Good lord get a sense of humor.

[GinaMaria]

61. Wasn't posted for you Dawgman

it was a response to a post to your post. Chill

[xray s]

18. Its about sex

Has to be. We haven't had a sex scandal yet.

[Fleshdancer]

21. Please tell me Lewinsky is NOT working on his campaign!

lol

[lovedems]

23. Crap, I was getting ready to call it a night. Now I can't.

Oh well, only a few minutes to go.

[xray s]

24. Well! It's been 20 minutes!

whats the poop?

[Fleshdancer]

26. and where should we be looking to get the info??

AP? CNN? Gephardt's campaign website??? :shrug:

[TSIAS]

33. I keep looking here for something

http://whotv.com/

Haven't seen anything yet.

[Fleshdancer]

35. Thanks for that link TSIAS n/t

[gardenista]

25. Strange that it's so late... why make a last-minute announcement

unless it's something he could be dogged for having not gotten it out before the caucuses?

Possibly dropping out and endorsing Kerry?

I remember when it was a given that Gep would take Iowa.

[are_we_united_yet]

27. If Gep doesn't win Iowa

he's history. Perhaps it is an endorsement of Kerry. Maybe he's Kerry's VP?

OK that was a ridiculous guess.

[lovedems]

31. His campaign manager was tv this morning and he was saying

they were going to hang in until super Tuesday. He was so confident, it was hard to tell if he was serious or just playing the game.

[DU9598]

32. Sorry

WHOTV just signed off with no additional mention of an announcement from Gephardt. This turned into a fun thread, but now I feel like a fool. Dang media whores. Probably thought they had a scoop, but had nothing. I will stay up for the sports show just in case. They really did say he was holding a press conference with a big announcement at 10:30. I will let you know if anything more.

Again, sorry for reporting as accurate what WHO in DSM said.

[DisgustedDemocrat]

28. Anybody getting a station for this?? CNN? MSNBC??

[VolcanoJen]

29. He's probably giving a statement about Martin Luther King, Jr.

Monday is a federal holiday, and there's a statement about King on is website.

Just a guess...

[are_we_united_yet]

30. Maybe he's found Osama

[Fleshdancer]

34. DailyKos had a somewhat sad entry regarding Gephardt today...

I didn't take it seriously at the time, but here's what it said:

Gephardt is fading, and he knows it. Perhaps unwittingly, he practically admitted as much when feebly asking the attendees in Pella for their vote.

"I'm not asking for me. It's not about me. I don't do this 18 hours a day, seven days a week for me," said Gephardt.

His voice is hushed, not energized. And then came the line that sent every scribe scribbling:

"I don't need to be president. I don't care about it."

[ACPS65]

37. Maybe he's endorsing the Patriots?

:D

[bread_and_roses]

41. That is sad, and I hope he meant that last line

...in the end, though I can't support him, I also don't like seeing someone percieved as "the Union candidate" go down so early...if indeed that is what will happen, as looks likely.

[GregW]

36. Maybe he's getting a backbone transplant???

Jelly out - steel in.

:shrug:

[lovedems]

39. Can you get that "village idiot" on a t-shirt?

If so, where? I love it! I know it's not part of the thread but I love it!

[stevebreeze]

51. You have a computer with a printer and an iron you could make your own.

They do sell iron on transfer paper. Just a suggestion if you can find an original. Or if you are as cheap as I am.
:kick:

[GregW]

67. I made it myself ...

Had to shrink it for sig-size ... I'll make another and post a link to DL it. And yes ... if you have a color inkjet you can buy iron-on xfer paper and make your own!

[kodi]

42. and your life long contributions to helping the people of the country are?

gepthardt has been a champion for the causes of the working man and woman in this country for over 25 years. he has earned the hard way the respect of any thinking person.

smart-assed remarks as yours show a lack of class.

[GregW]

69. I don't want the leader of the House to be ...

... a "Champion for the causes of the working man and woman in this country for over 25 years."

I want him to be a man of steel willing to stand up as the leader of the oppostion to one of the greatest tyrants in US history. Sadly, Dick Gephardt has failed misreably at this. He may be a great guy, he may care for the working person, unfortunatly, he's a wimp.

[are_we_united_yet]

38. See reply 32 n/t

[DisgustedDemocrat]

40. CNN News on now and not saying anything

It might even be repeat campaign coverage

[IndianaGreen]

43. The media whores at CNN were saying the DNC did not want...

a four car pile up in Iowa. The reason they front loaded the primaries was to have a nominee selected early, and prevent any challengers from taking hold. They wanted to assure themselves that the nominee would be one of their own, a member of the Beltway club.

The way it is now, everyone can claim a "little mo" coming out of Iowa, according to CNN's Bill Schneider. This is not what the DNC wants. They are also more afraid now because after the bruising battle for Iowa, the four leading candidates would have to immediately go into New Hampshire where Wes Clark awaits in ambush.

According to the CNN media whores, the DNC fears that the nomination may not be decided until late in the season.

[blackcat77]

45. Wow. Maybe Indiana's vote will matter for the first time since '68.

Our primary is the first Tuesday in May. Should be down to two survivors by then.

[fabius]

47. A long undecided primary season is good for Democrats.

The media will get bored if somebody wins too soon,and go back to Michael Jackson.

So where's Gephardt's big announcement?

[trogdor]

68. OTOH

the rhetoric can only get meaner and nastier from here, and that ain't good for nobody but Bush.

[Ernesto]

44. Ah yes, this is what the mods let slip through as LBN.

[Democrats unite]

48. Also some of the responses!

eom

[Dover]

49. Maybe he's heard that the superdelegates aren't going to back him?

Don't know...but the media is reporting a four way race in Iowa. That may be hype.

Yawn......well, wake me when/if something happens.......

[AnnitaR]

50. test post n/t

[Nashyra]

52. Mayb eit has something to do with

the administration making public that they are not going to give the 9-11 commission an extention?

[Dover]

53. I think we have a winner! Poster marlie (above) is likely the winner.

Gep and Kerry playing tag team trying to guarantee the DLC/DNC grabs Iowa away from Dean. They're both in it to dilute Dean's following.
One of them (Gep probably) will bow out and endorse the other (Kerry) sending all his people to the Kerry camp....or something along those lines.

Kerry has been the first choice inside the beltway since the get-go....and the media has suddenly begun to get behind it too.

We shall see, but if we putting down our bets I'll put my chips on Marlie.

On edit: I see IndianaGreen has also endorsed this idea....and explained it better.

[jburton]

54. He killed Vince Foster

and will confess.

:crazy:

[Guaranteed]

57. CNN pundit now saying that KERRY is worried that

EDWARDS and Gephardt are going to cut a deal.

[Ernesto]

58. THIS JUST IN! Gebhardt says

Over 50 DU posters held hostage for over an hour in the LBN forum, awaiting an anouncement that isn't coming!

[Bozita]

59. That's it!

Hostages all.

[Guaranteed]

60. This sounds like a last-minute panic on someone's part

cutting a deal, reneging, rethinking, GOING FOR IT! oh shit what have I DONE???? NO NO NO.....etc., etc.

Death throes.

[Cocoa]

62. do you believe this CNN pundit?

In your experience, how reliable are CNN pundits?

[Guaranteed]

63. I don't believe anything until Gep comes out

and says what he has to say.

However, I have to say that if this is an attempt to "knock Dean out" of the race, it's pure desperation and destined to fail.

[Cocoa]

64. but you repost it here

and accept its premise.

You called dems "clowns" in your post above, but "clowns" refers to these media whores whose rumors you are propagating, on the eve of the caucuses.

[Guaranteed]

65. I didn't say it was true.

I didn't even say I believed it. In fact, I was posting it as a response to those who were proposing that Kerry and Gephardt were cutting a deal. Notice the use of capitals.

[IndianaGreen]

66. Clark and Gephardt together tomorrow on Larry King

That's what is posted here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=131984

[Moderator]

70. Not LBN... locking

Please feel free to begin a new speculative thread in the General Discussion Forum.

:-)

Thanks!

DU Moderator