Reply #77: See my statement above. [View All]

[mattclearing]

People like integrity and honesty. Minnesota wasn't as liberal as Paul Wellstone, but they respected his passion.

I think Dean kinda blew it by not tacking to the center when it was clear he could wrap up the nomination. By continuing with unnecessary Bush-bashing and anti-DLC campaigning, he left himself wide open to an "Anybody But Dean" campaign.

Bush would have had a hard time making him a flip-flopper, or a tax and spend liberal. The soft on national security thing would have been difficult for Dean to combat though, as there was a bit of a question mark over his head on that, outside of Iraq.

I don't think he can become President, but I do think he is the man for the DNC.