Dean: Damaged Goods?

[Jack_Dawson]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3763267/

"Hardcore Deaniacs won't abandon their leader; they're cheering him on. But most voters don't know much about Dean, and the attacks by rival Democrats have jolted the party's supporters into a bad case of buyer's remorse even before the first vote is cast. Depending on your vantage point, this is either an opportunity to take a hard look at the man who could be the nominee, or it's an invitation to a self-destructive campaign among Democrats that will send a weak and wounded nominee into the lion's den with Bush."

My personal view: Dean is enjoying much-deserved success that comes with kicking off your campaign early, speaking your mind and raising tons of cash.

But if he becomes the nominee, the free ride he has been more or less enjoying from the media will come to an abrupt end. I believe with every ounce of my being that Clark will fare much better in the Bush/Rove meatgrinder. My $.02.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

1. With Friends like Kerry. . .

fellow Democrats have positioned themselves as to where they stand opposed to Dean, rather than to Bush. Dean has stayed true to his focus of attacking Bush, and has rarely mentioned the other candidates - other than to tell them that he believes any of them could preside better than Bush.

And I hear so often of this Rove meatgrinder, it's as if people forget we won the last election DESPITE the fact that Gore somehow came across looking like a kewpie doll in the debates.

[Moderator]

2. locked

misleading title. Please repost it with an appropriate title.

Thanks