[JohnGalt]

I realize some of you are new to politics, but come on I am not that old or schooled in political science, but I can see a bad tactic when its right in front of my eyes.


Dean has populist appeal much like Clinton did in 1992, and antagonizing the base will only make him more popular. The better tactic is to remind voters that he is pro-gun and rather moderate, boring and unoriginal.

Most of Dean's appeal stems from how much the establishment hates him and paints him as a far leftists in order to make radical socialists like Kerry and Gephardt look moderate. In so doing, Dean will actually have to move Right somewhere-- I suspect immigration or guns when Bush comes out for the Assault Weapons Ban in the Fall.

Of course I could be wrong, but that is how I see it playing out.

[johnqueuepublic]

Offer proof, any proof that Dean is a moderate, you are either intentionally trying to put forth that proposition, absent any facts or merely ignorant.

So far you have offered nothing, nada, in support of your claim, put up or sit down and learn something.

[Chuckster]

I cannot believe the people falling for this "Dean is pro-gun" nonsense! STOP IT! Howard Dean is not pro-gun and he has said so. Dean said that he favors gun control at the national level. He is every bit as much the gun grabber as any other Democrat. He couldn't push the issue in Vermont because the PEOPLE OF VERMONT are overwhelmingly pro-gun. Gun owners will have no friend in the White House should this person somehow get elected. Stop painting Howard Dean as a pro-gun candidate just because he was governor of a pro-gun state.