Senator John Kerry easily won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night for his second major victory in a week. Coming in a distant second was former Vermont Governor Howard Dean. The New York Times describes Dean’s second place as a “significant setback.” Dean had been leading in polls in New Hampshire by a significant margin up until two weeks ago. Kerry won about 39 percent of the vote. Dean took 26 percent. General Wesley Clark and Senator John Edwards nearly tied for third with 12 percent. Senator Joseph Lieberman earned 9 percent and Congressman Dennis Kucinich received 1 percent of the vote. Kerry is only the third Democrat in three decades to win both Iowa and New Hampshire in contested races. The other two, Jimmy Carter in 1980 and Al Gore in 2000, both won the party’s nomination. Next Tuesday, the candidates will face off in races in Missouri, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, Delaware and North Dakota. We’ll have more on the primary in a few minutes.