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Republicans had virtually nothing to do with it and didn't need to. It was all self-evident for everyone to see. Dean kept stepping in it every time he opened his mouth.

If it was so "self-evident" Dean wouldn't have been the overwhelming front-runner, on top of every poll and on the front page of every newspaper and magazine.

Who are you kidding?

Dean was all the rage. Kerry was considered all but out of the contest.

History shows that the ONLY ones who were saying Dean was a loose cannon, a hot head and so far left that he was unelectable were the Republicans prior to Iowa.

What the Republicans said about Dean was THEN picked up on by the media and the Dems and THEN he began to implode.

Your claim that the Republicans had nothing to do with it makes no sense. Sorry.

Well, then we disagree. You are implying that Republicans were beating up on Dean and this impacted media reporting and public perception. I do not believe this is what did him in. The reason why it's important for you to understand this is because Republicans on news talk shows have little effect on public perception of politics. The liberals control the press. Republicans by nature are lame and boring, ineffectual attackers. Most people get their news from CNN and CNN haedline news anyway.

Over time as Dean kept opening his mouth, one gaffe led to another. It was the gaffes and his "I've got a scream" speech that did him in. It's only when Dean became even too embarrasing a buffoon for the media to swallow that the negative reporting did him in. It was not reporting of what Republican's said about him but the reporting on Dean's gaffes themselves that did him in. The media did him in because the media knew this idiot couldn't beat Bush and made them look like fools supporting him.

If, however, what you say is true, then, where are these Republican attackers? Name them. We can sure use them to discredit the rest of these liberals out there if they are so effective.