Thanks for the response. Dean is saying what he has to say to get the nomination, and does intend to move right in a General. That's classic Nixon. Unfortunately for Dean, as you suggest, that's where Karl Rove's AudioVisual crew will get him.
In my lifetime, the two guys who didn't try to do that were Goldwater and McGovern. Look what happened to them.
It's not that Dean is not malleable; he is. But he's trying to get the base vote over to him by making them angrier than they need to be. This will hurt him in the long run.
BTW, I didn't know Gephardt had that many delegates locked up. Bob Dole redux?
Oh, btw, would you mind if I linked your "Weekly Commentary" page to my blog. Your stuff is absolutely superb.
Be Seeing You,
Chris