I *agree* with William Kristol on something! He has this to say about Dean

[w4rma]

How Dean Could Win . . .

By William Kristol
Tuesday, December 9, 2003; Page A27
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Thus, on domestic policy, Dean will characterize Bush as the deficit-expanding, Social Security-threatening, Constitution-amending (on marriage) radical, while positioning himself as a hard-headed, budget-balancing, federalism-respecting compassionate moderate. And on foreign and defense policy, look for Dean to say that he was and remains anti-Iraq war (as, he will point out, were lots of traditional centrist foreign policy types). But Dean will emphasize that he has never ruled out the use of force (including unilaterally). Indeed, he will say, he believes in military strength so strongly that he thinks we should increase the size of the Army by a division or two. It's Bush, Dean will point out, who's trying to deal with the new, post-Sept. 11 world with a pre-Sept. 11 military.
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The writer is editor of the Weekly Standard.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A47806-2003Dec8

[HuckleB]

1. Isn't this like a quadruple dupe?

[Indiana_Dem]

2. Well maybe that's why they want him to win so badly

That scares me even more! geesh!

[frustrated_lefty]

3. It's over-duped.

Take home message, Kristol, one of the few brilliant republican spokespersons, thinks the republican base can not afford complacency against Dean.