The epitaph of the Dean movement, and the content of our "I told you so" in December?
"Some Democrats cheated and looked into their hearts, where they found Howard Dean. But he was so appealing that he scared them. This is no moment to vote for a guy just because he inspires you, they thought. If he inspires me, there must be something wrong with him."
- From Slate
"Some Democrats cheated and looked into their hearts, where they found Howard Dean. But he was so appealing that he scared them. This is no moment to vote for a guy just because he inspires you, they thought. If he inspires me, there must be something wrong with him."
- From Slate
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I only care about one thing," they all say. "Which of these guys can beat Bush?" Secretly, they believe none of them can, which makes the amateur pragmatism especially poignant.
That's just depressing. There are two types of campaigns in America, the type that plays to the swing voters in the center a la Clinton, and the type that tries to bring out more of the hardcore voters on your side, which seems to be what Dean was about.
If Kerry can appeal to the center (perhaps a big if) and he picks Dean as his #2 maybe we can have it both ways? Then again maybe not.