[Abram]

As much as people don't want to admit it...Dean has a good chance of winning the Democrat Party's nomination and has a good chance of winning the election. He does not carry with it the anti-second amendment baggage that put several states into Bush's column that helped him win the 2000 election. Without that issue, states such as Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, and West Virginia may not have been in the Republican column. He also governed Vermont which has some influence in New Hampshire...another state narrowly won by Bush. I encourage people to not discount his potential...He has a lot more of a possibility to win the nomination than Sharpton or Moseley-Braun...and not as much as the baggage. Many people are really charged up about him, his politics, and his grass-roots synergy. Clinton came from no-where to win the nomination and presidency in 1992 when Bush Sr. was in office and riding a popularity wave after the first Gulf War.
I encourage other conservative thinkers to keep the eye on the ball (victory in 2004)...stay focused and don't get too caught up that Bush is invunerable. He is not and can easily lose in 2004.

[mombonn]

I'm afraid of Dean, too. I'd much rather see Ketchup Boy or No Brows as the candidate.

[rs79bm]

He may get the Democratic nod, but he's not going to beat G.W. Don't hold me to it, but G.W. might carry all 50 states.

[zbigreddogz]

I admit Bush can easily lose, although the odds are against it, but the best thing that can happen is if Dean gets the nomination (well, him or John Edwards). We'd beat his brains out. Dean is the democrat version of Bill Simon, an idealog that can't win.

[huck von finn]

You actually think that this guy can beat Dubya? No way. Dubya will win in a landslide no matter who he's up against.

[Jhensy]

Abram, come on. I hope you're doing this to keep us from getting complacent, which IS correct and necessary, but Dean just ain't all that.

You can easily make an argument on his gun stance that goes something like, "Well, I guess Dean thinks guns are OK only for those nice white gentlemen in Vermont, not for those colored troublemakers in urban areas." Kerry & company will hammer him back to the left on this by primary day.

Although I didn't think his MTP appearance Sunday was a debacle like some say, I definitely came away less than impressed. He ain't winning southern states.

[pepperhead]

What was Dean debating with other Democrats over then? If it was just a open debate why didn't they invite McStain.;)

Clinton didn't have any anti-second amendment baggage either. We all seen what happened when he was president. If a gun banning bill crosses Dean's desk, put forth by his party, he will sign it. Gun owners know what happens when gun grabbers are in charge of any branch of the federal government. I live in Kentucky and Democrats control the house and Governorship. But in the National elections the state has been going almost completely Republican for some time now. Democrats send one congressmen now and haven't sent a Senator since Ford voted for the Assault Weapons Ban Bill.