Reply #34: No It Won't [View All]

[tsipple]

Two reasons why it won't. One is that if Dean stands shoulder-to-shoulder with a Democratic incumbent, he'll simply say, "I'm glad the Republicans agree with everything I say. So everyone needs to vote for (Candidate X) who will help to clean up the mess in Washington."

If it's a Republican incumbent, of course they're not going to run the "cockroaches" line. If they do, Dean says, "Yeah, exactly. Republican Y sure is one of the reasons why there are so many problems in Washington."

It was a great line, and it'll help Democrats precisely because they aren't in control of Congress. Frankly it was stupid nobody else thought of doing the same thing, but I guess no one else among the Democratic candidates could.