"Let's talk a little media bias here. The media, I think, wants Kerry to win and I think they're going to portray Kerry and Edwards...I'm talking about the establishment media, not Fox. They're going to portray Kerry and Edwards as being young and dynamic and optimistic and there's going to be this glow about them, collective glow, the two of them, that's going to be worth maybe 15 points."
I think Dean knows they have that advantage, and is counting on the Kos kids and the rest of the liberal blogosphere to raise needed funds. Let's not forget that Dean was selected by the bloggers to be head of the DNC. They pushed him into office to lead the Democratic party to the left. The average Democrat is against this, and so they're not donating to the DNC they way they did while MacAuliffe was at the helm.
I think Dean is counting on the grassroots to push more progressive candidates at the local and state levels, and so the DNC doesn't actually need near as much money as the RNC until national campaigns resume in time for the 2008 campaigns.
Luckily for us, these bloggers are delusional in their beliefs that moving farther to the left will attract more voters.
I say we let them stay in their little bubbles of hate, condescension and pessimism until they realize they are in fact the fringe, and that their candidates were never electable in the first place.
I like to think I should get some credit for Dean becoming DNC Chair. Since President Bush had the Republican nomination well secured, I voted in the Democratic primary for two reasons: first, hoping that they'd put this nutbag on the ticket; and, second, so that even if they didn't do that, they'd see a phony level of support for him. Now, I think the remnant of political realists within the party can't wait for the opportunity to slit his throat. It's fun to watch.