[gridlock]

Getting Moseley-Braun into the race was an adept move on the part of the DNC. It is about the last smart thing they have done in this contest. It would have been really embarassing to have to be horse-racing between Howard Dean and Al Sharpton.

Now it looks like the more the Democrats try to block Howard Dean, the more legitimate his "insurgent" candidacy looks. This is similar to what the Democrats did back in 1976. Remember how they tried to sink Carter early on? But the fact that the party bosses were against Carter solidified his appeal with the voters.

Dean will ride a similar wave of voter resentment to the Democratic nomination.

[HenryLeeII]

Dean will ride a similar wave of voter resentment to the Democratic nomination...

...all the way to the Dem'Rats' '04 o'bliteration!!! And because of Terry McAuliffe's front loading of the primaries (in order to avoid bloody family feuds between Dem candidates), there may not be anything they can do to avoid it. Of course, though, not a single primary vote has been cast yet, and the Dem voters may have a shock in store for Dean in the person of Gephardt or Lieberman. I would love to see Dean's crazed demonic facial contortions if he lost big in some of the early primaries! He'd make Carville look sane!