Reply #9: Agreed about Dean SUPPORTERS, but not really about Dean himself. [View All]

[blondeatlast]

Here's why I think it's important.

Dean managed to inspire an incredible amount of energy and enthusiasm among his supporters and that carried through to the election. But I don't see Dean as very LW himself (note he is not R by any stretch, though!)

Still, he (although he credits the grassroots) managed to generate an enormous investment in the party and the campaign.

I think this shows that the party has NOT completely lost its way as long as we can bring the factions together the way it was done in the final campaign.

We definitely are due for some housecleaning, but pperhaps it's less abig job than we think.