Reply #15: The LA Times is one of the few decent newspapers in the US. [View All]

[Clark4VotingRights]

They actually took on Schwartzengroper for example.

I agree that Dean is a polarizing figure:

"If Dean wins, he could polarize the capital and the country as sharply as Bush. Bush's determination to satisfy his base, and his tendency to frame policy decisions as a choice between right and wrong, has led him to shelve almost entirely the bipartisan deal-making skills he demonstrated as Texas governor; he's allowed the congressional GOP majority to exclude Democrats from negotiation on major bills.

Likewise, it's difficult to imagine Dean courting congressional Republicans for too many grand compromises after running a campaign centered on the proposition that Washington Democrats have cooperated with Bush and the GOP too much. Every time a President Dean would sit down with a Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, the official White House blog would probably light up with indignation."

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-outlook29dec29,1,3670206.column?coll=la-home-politics