There They Go Again

New York Times ^ | December 6, 2003 | NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

[Rome2000]

The Green guy has a better shot at the White House than Dean!

[FRgal4u]

wowiee - even Kristof is worry about the prospects of a Dean nomination -

the trouble is -

1) who else can replace Dean - with credibility in the South - so to speak - Kerry (C'mmon); Lieberman (call him big Fizzle); Clark (can't wait those Pentagon Brasses coming out with the dirt on the Perfumed Prince); Edwards 9Senator Bubblegum - can he even win in NC); Gephardt (he is as fresh as my xmas fruitcake I got from Grandma ten yrs ago..)

2) even if they find a replacement, can the candidate capture the votes of the Deanaics?? especially if the Deaniacs see the mainstream DNC trying to elbow them out of the way...

The most positive development for Bush 04 is not the 1) improving economy 2) general stablization in Iraq 3) passage of medicare blah blah - but rather the "Anger" factor the left, such anger will carry 20-30% of the votes, and will scare off the 10-15 middle votes - and if Bush can get 60% of the swing votes, he will win by 52-55% popular vote in 04 regardless the rest of macrofactors ex-the "Anger" factor...

[mrustow]

the cafe crowd

The column is perfect, except for that one Timesism. Only in Timesworld, do smalltown, Missouri famers congregate in cafes.

[mrustow]

The only thing the democrats stand on is the necks of the little people.

The only thing either party stands on is the necks of the little people.

[freedomlover]

Translation: Only Hillary! can save us now.

[weegee]

You may find this link very handy/informative:

ATLAS of United States Presidential Election Results

[schmelvin]

Translation: Only Hillary! can save us now.

You took the words right out of my mouth. This article sounds like it was written with Hillary standing over the writer's shoulder telling him what to say.

Here's a quick and dirty recap of the article:

"The Dems need a nominee other than Dean. Someone who appeals to Southerners, like Clinton. Oh yes, definitely someone else, but who? (Clinton Clinton Clinton.) Who? (Clinton.) When I can think of a better replacement nominee I'll be sure to let my readers know. (Probably around, oh, April 2004 or so... Until then just keep thinking: Clinton.)"

[Hildy]

You get the feeling that if Mr. Dean and Mr. Bush were stuck together in a small Missouri town, Mr. Dean would lecture farmers about Thomas Paine's writings, while Mr. Bush would have the cafe crowd in stitches by doing impersonations of Mr. Dean.

[schmelvin]

Hehehe.