<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/30/2004 6:33:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, snitilicious@tampabay.rr.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>if all those progressives who were registered democrats (what? all 2893 of <BR>them) had voted, would it have boosted his numbers?<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Kelley </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>I don't know, but he was as invisible and as dismissed in progressive publications as in mainstream ones.  In any case, it sort of takes care of those who argue that progressive candidates should run in Democratic primaries.  I am not sure about the numbers though.  Jesse Jackson and Jerry Brown got more that 2893 votes when they ran on a somewhat progressive platform.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sergio</DIV></BODY></HTML>