Despite getting a mere 402 votes in New Hampshire, and thus receiving no delegates or percentage in the polls, Gravel remains in the race, and he was outraged when MSNBC anchor, Keith Olbermann falsely announced that he had dropped out. On his website, Gravel responded to the journalist's words, saying, "At this point, I have become accustomed to many trying to silence my message to the American people -- the plain, simple, uncompromising truth. Nor does it come as any great surprise that the mainstream media is now putting words in my mouth. Not kind words, but bold-faced lies. Thursday evening at New Hampshire headquarters, on the most frigid night yet this winter, my campaign staff was dumbfounded to watch MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann announce I had dropped out of the race."(Mike Gravel for 2008)
In addition, Gravel was able to appear on the ballot in every state primary whose deadline has already passed, including the nearby Michigan primary. It is apparent that Gravel's resolve has not been weakened by his New Hampshire defeat!
Sources used: ABC News, http://abcnews.go.com/politics/elections/state?state=NH
and Mike Gravel's official website, http://www.gravel2008.us/
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This is good to hear. Gravel does seem to be a self righteous candidate who will just flounder until the race is finally over and done with. When will he truly hit his stride his campaign must wonder...
Despite his sruggle to survive, I do not thing Gravel has much longer to live in this fight to the death. His meager 402 votes in the New Hampshire did not help him much and although he remains in the race, he needs a miracle to pull out of this one. His strength however was to appear on each ballot in every state primary. This was the only strong advantage Gravel had over the other candidates.
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