Let Us Remember

At this time in 1991, Mario Cuomo was still leading in national polls in the Democratic primary.  In 2003 by this time, Lieberman had lost his lead to Dick Gephardt, who was leading marginally over Dean, Lieberman, Kerry, and Clark in that order.

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And then there is the 1979 Ronald Reagan campaign.  In July 1979, his campaign reported that it was $20,000 in debt.  By September that debt had mounted to $500,000.

There were a number of major shakeups in the campaign, with the last one coming on the day of the New Hampshire primary  (February 26), after Reagan had lost the Iowa Caucuses on January 21st.  Of course, Reagan went on to win the nomination and the general election.

Notably, he led in the Gallup poll nationally throughout this period.

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