[Jorge]

Jorge"The fact remains that Republicans gave Dean the out of control unelectable label LONG BEFORE the media caught on to it"

That's not the point. The point isn't who was first.

Sure it is.

The people (Republicans)who FIRST labeled Dean as an out of control loose cannon who was NOT ELECTABLE...... had EVERYTHING to do with those who SECONDED THE EXACT same perception in the media.

The fact that Republicans were laughing at Dean and consider him the ideal losing candidate was a MAJOR influence on the dem primaries.

[alwaysconservative]

So we have to wait until after the Dim coronation to laugh more openly about Kerry? Darn it, I was looking for a good laugh now!

[plain talk]

Being first is not the same as being the determning factor. You know that. You are smarter than that. The gaffes whittled him down some. But the one thing that did in Dean was the replay of his speech over and over and over. Finishing 3rd in Iowa meant little. He should have won NH but didn't because of the cumulative effect of the gaffes and the speech finished him off. NH dems aren't persuaded by Republcians. Again, for the third and last time, name the names of Republican attackers that were effective in bringing down Dean. If not, you're wasting my time with your petty arguments.