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The Kerry Impact

Aired February 11, 2004 - 05:01   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Now to that John Kerry juggernaut. Primary victories in Tennessee and Virginia mark his first two successes in the South. He wins Virginia with 52 percent. John Edwards finishes second with 27 percent. Wesley Clark had just nine percent. Kerry takes Tennessee with 41 percent. Edwards finishes second there, too, with 26 percent. It is looking very good for John Kerry.
So, is the race over?

Judy Woodruff has more on the Kerry impact.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SEN. JOHN KERRY (D-MA), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Americans are voting for change, east and west, north and now in the south.

JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The lanky Yankee tore through Dixie Tuesday, crushing two native sons and wracking up yet another victory.

KERRY: Join us, not just to win an election, but to give America back its future and its soul.

WOODRUFF: John Kerry triumphant again, sweeping primaries in Virginia and Tennessee, addressing fears a Massachusetts liberal will find it tough going down South.

But it's the end of the road for Wesley Clark. The retired general made a national splash when he got into the race late last year, but has found his first political outing a series of frustrations.

MATT BENNETT, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, CLARK CAMPAIGN: General Clark has decided to leave the race. It was a very difficult decision to make, obviously. He did it after the final results were in for Tennessee and the decision is final.

WOODRUFF: By contrast, a somewhat better night for John Edwards, who got no wins, but two respectable second places. So the senator from North Carolina is hanging on, heading north to the next primary.

SEN. JOHN EDWARDS (D-NC), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We're going to have a campaign and an election, not a coronation.

WOODRUFF: Waiting in Wisconsin, Howard Dean, trounced in tonight's primaries after pulling out of both Southern states. DR. HOWARD DEAN (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: This is a big deal, the Wisconsin primary. This is the chance to turn around a campaign that's been managed by the media and the folks inside the beltway. We can do better.

WOODRUFF: Judy Woodruff, CNN, reporting.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COSTELLO: As you heard, for Wesley Clark it is over. He'll be in his home state of Arkansas to say thanks, but he just can't make it work. That will happen at 3:00 p.m. Eastern in Little Rock. CNN, of course, will bring that to you live.

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