"TOUGH GUY" by Sandeep Kaushik

[Cha]

http://www.thestranger.com/2003-05-15/feature.html

"Vol 12 No. 35, May 15 - May 21 2003"

"Howard Dean does have a playbook, but it's stylistic more than verbal: say it straight, don't dither, be clear, show no doubt or fear, act like only a lunatic would disagree with you, never apologize or back down in defending Democratic principles, paint your Democratic opponents as mealy-mouthed appeasers, blast Bush as a far-right whack job. I am tempted to label Howard Dean's approach as an inspired shtick, but that would be unfair to Howard Dean. It is a shtick, of course, though a fundamentally honest one. The true genius of Howard Dean, is that somewhere down the line he's figured out that if you strip away all the artifice from your political persona and lose the carefully calibrated public posturing that every politician learns to do early, if you just say what you say in private in public--in the same way you say it in private--people will respond. In that sense, Howard Dean's greatest political masterstroke was deciding to just be Howard Dean."

This was posted previously in GD by KaraokeKarlton
But I wanted to have it in "Editorials and Other Articles", too.
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[realFedUp]

1. It worked for McCain....

:-)

[Cha]

2. No ...there no comparison between "mcain" and Dean....

first of all mccain is a repuke tried and true...and Dean is a Democrat! Night and Day! Dean will fight Back!

:-)

[Cha]

3. Shamless Kick!

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[Eloriel]

4. Just be Howard Dean

That's sure the way I see it.

Thanks for an interestig piece.

Eloriel

[Ediacara]

5. Sandeep Kaushik

has a lot of great articles on a lot of the Dem candidates. You can find them by digging through the archives at the Stranger.