[Iron Eagle]

"Will Dean go solo"

no.

[Tempest]

I could only hope for the 3rd option. But I doubt it.

[cripplecreek]

lets just hope he does. somebody needs to set up a website dedicated to drafting him for a 3rd party.

[Welsh Rabbit]

C'mon Howie, you owe it to your loyal supporters; go third party!

[plain talk]

Nader / Dean. Dean would make a great submissive and supportive running mate! And he'd certainly be entertaining at funerals.

[RWR8189]

RUN Howard RUN!!!

[Howie66]

Don't go away mad, Howard........

[Tijeras_Slim]

"Will Dean go solo"

Napoleon or Han?

[luvbach1]

The beaming faces of Harkin and others behind Dean, and their enthusiatic applause, plus the frenzied roar of approval from his audience, indicated to me that they were eating up the angry (almost said mad) doctor's over-the-top performance.

[Poundstone]

I'm quite convinced Dean will not attempt an independent or third-party run at the White House, for the same reason Nader will not: Democrats and leftists are running scared this year. Unlike in 2000, this year they realize they DON'T have a very strong shot at winning in November; they realize Bush has many strengths, mainly the strong national approval of his handling of the war on terrorism. So, the fixation on winning the White House is more prevalent among Democratic notables than was the case four years ago, when the country seemed fat, dumb, and happy, and it was thought safer to take a shot or two at Gore and the mainstream Democrats, because they just KNEW Gore would win anyway. That's no longer the case.

Remember: despite the hysterics sometimes posted here by Freepers joyous over their belief that Dean is "nuts," he ISN'T nuts. He's very smart. He's a committed Democrat, not a third-party nut case. And he'll do his best to help whoever the ultimate nominee turns out to be. Fasten your seat belt and prepare for a dirty, brusing campaign this fall.

[WOSG]

The problem is the Bush haters ate Bush SO MUCH they dont care who they elect as long as he beats Bush to a pulp.

For a while, that candidate was Dean. Then electability crept in when Dean stumbled. The media, sensing his weakness and sensing the Democrat establishment need for a better candidate, turned around on him. The media being down on Dean has been his downfall.

"He will sell these crowds all the anger, hate, and rhetoric that they lust for. He will promise them all type of socialistic programs, social liberalism, and Internationalism. He will wage class warfare, attacks the rich people and threatens to tax them to death. He will talk proudly about how he signed gay civil unions law when he was governor of Vermont and that he will fight very hard to make gay marriage and gay civil union a federal law. "

John Kerry can do all that and more. Kerry can rally them and say "hey, I am more electable than the other guys. I can go and bash Bush as well as the rest of em." ... that is why he is now likely to win the Democrat nomination.

[Paul Atreides]

Will Dean Go Solo?

Yeah, in the bathroom sink.

[syriacus]

I think he will be accompanied by many of his followers as he leaves the U.S. to establish Deanstown, Guyana.

[Joe Boucher]

I may be nostalgic, but I'm still hoping for algore to jump back in the race. Win the demoncRAT nomination and then have George Bush kick his ass this time.

[goldstategop]

He's finished. The hardcore Deaniacs will flock to Ralph Nader. And The Greens will again siphon off votes from the Left, enough to be decisive if the election's close again. Life's beautiful from where I'm sitting today.

[Muleteam1]

>>Will Dean go solo?<<

Not likely. Unlike conservatives who have a proclivity to shoot themselves in the foot every chance they get over a single issue like GWB's amnesty for illegals, liberals are filled with a simplistic rage to heave GWB out of office at any cost. Therein lies the greatest power they have left in this election. Although you can expect many conservatives to stubbornly fold their arms and stay away from the polls, I would not count on the Democratic Party in this election to offset any pig-headed Republicans tactics. The Dems want to WIN in this election, and they want to win BAD.

Muleteam1