This interview of Dean is amazing. Dean said that the Democrat voters, who voted for Brown, did so to “send a message” that they wanted a more progressive bill, i.e. a public option. Then Matthews pointed out, to Dean, that Coakley had clearly stated that she was FOR a public option, and Brown clearly stated he was for killing the bill.
Matthews told Dean that this made no sense. Dean never came up with a response that made any logical sense.
I've seen the same dynamic at work in my town whenever a proposed school budget is voted down. Many confused Democrats are seemingly unable to grasp the concept that their socialist wet dream is not shared by everyone, and that they actually lost the election because people are not happy when the government steals more and more of their money.
Instead, they insist, contrary to all evidence, that the proposed budget was voted down because the proposed spending increase was not big enough (!), and then they implore the school board to increase the size of the budget proposal rather than cutting it before the next budget referendum...