Dean the New Goldwater

[bryant69]

This is the booby prize the media keeps trying to hand Dean. I mean it is technically better than being McGovern, that they also want to give him. Goldwater ran a losing campaign, but the ideals and values he expressed sank into the Republican Party; giving birth to Reagan's presidency in the 80s and now President Bush. In theory Dean could have the same transformative power.

Two problems with this theory; first of all Dean isn't a hardcore liberal; he's a centrist. He's moved a bit more leftward; and his anti-war stance is firm. But in general he's not an extreme liberal. Frankly if this is the scenario we're stuck with, I'd rather it were Dennis Kunicich who were our Goldwater

Secondly, we're not stuck with it; I'm not sure the Democratic Party or the American People are willing to wait another four years to get rid of President Bush. I'm not. So perhaps the Doctor might get to become President after all (not that I'm taking sides yet; I like Dean, but I like Kerry, Graham, Clark, and Kunicich as well).

Anyway to read the original article --> http://www.townhall.com/columnists/GuestColumns/Bryant20030912.shtml

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Bryant

[demnan]

1. Well I think Wellstone was our Goldwater

afterall, he did write "The Conscience of a Liberal".

[Larkspur]

2. No, Dean is the new Harry Truman

and like Harry, Howard will pull off one of the greatest upsets in American political history, infact he will pull off 2 -- the Dem nomination and the general election.

[caledesi]

3. Yes, Harry Truman!

[T Roosevelt]

4. What do you expect from townhall.com?

Just look at their writers:

Mona Charen
Michelle Malkin
Charles Krauthammer
Jonah Goldberg
Brent Bozell
Jacob Sullum
Oliver North
Jay Bryant
Chuck Colson
Bruce Bartlett
Larry Kudlow
John McCaslin
Rich Lowry

[bryant69]

5. Well, yeah

It's pretty convienent to have them all in one place where I can go down and check them out.

I do like their pledge drive map; lots of red in New York and California which they often claim to hate.