[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Stonecutter

Dean can still win the democratic base.


Remember, EVERYONE who voted for Gore was pissed off after the 2000 election. Gore won the popular vote. Dean needs to bring back the fire.


He's also got the unions behind him, which will bring a lot of moderate votes over in the end.

He also has Jesse Jackson Jr.

What he really needs a good VP candidate to balance the ticket. That's how he's going to get his moderate votes. But there are enough liberal votes out there to win, if he plays his cards right. Obviously he won't win without the moderates, but he can win without the swing votes.


And remind enough of the yuppie republicans how badly Bush ****ed up the war, how they're all still flower children at heart, and you will get some crossover. Sure, the backbone of the republican party (evangelical Christians, old farts and racists,) won't vote for dean under any circumstance, but the trendy republican youth can be swayed to Dean.

If you honestly believe any of this (I don't even know when to begin with some of what you said), you are truly kidding yourslef and are a PERFECT example of why Dean is winning the Democratic nomination. In the end all these arguments are meaningless until the election. All I'll say for now is we'll just have to wait and see what happens. Then maybe the dems will begin to realize that they are killing their own party by swinging far left.