[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

He is also the top choice among all Democrats to win the party's Presidential nomination.

Actually Kerry is the Dems second choice.

Three weeks ago Dean looked like a shoe-in as Kerry was tanking.

Strings were pulled behind the scenes(Dean calls it dirty tricks) to weaken Dean by spreading the "electability" issue.

[Toespi]

I totally agree with you, something funny has happened here and it wasn't Dean's primal scream either. The media has latched onto this electibility scheme proposed by the "powers that be" and the dem base has taken the bait. I have total confidence in Bush and Rove. I thought it was quite interesting the confidence Bush must have felt to make the immigration proposal at the time he did, knowing full well how it would affect some of his base. There has to be something else he knows that will counter-balance this issue and it has to be big.