Reply #21: Spoken like someone who is clueless that "the base" has changed

[KaraokeKarlton]

People who think Dean is being supported by "the liberal base" are the only ones who think like you do. Fact is, it's a whole new base now, thanks to Dean. It's not just liberals anymore. It's moderates, swing voters like myself, moderate Republicans sick of Bush (changing affiliations just to vote for Dean), some of those liberals, tons of Independents, and more people who have never even voted in a primary before than you can shake a stick at. This primary is going to be decided by the same spectrum of voters the general election is decided by. Hell, there's even Republicans who think Dean will be easy to beat who are going to change affiliations just to vote for him. That ones going to come right back and bite them in the ass big time. It's like this...IF Democrats vote for Dean in the general, Dean has energized enough first time voters and alienated voters who just don't bother vote anymore to easily beat Bush. In fact, there is no way Bush can win against Dean as long as the democrats vote for him in the general. The only way he can lose is if the Dem party leaders successfully demonize him with enough Democrats. Oh, and McGovern was a liberal...Dean is a moderate. I know this because I live in the state he governed for over a decade. He's also the only one running who has ever won against the kind of campaign Bush will run against him. There's nothing he can't face and overcome. Nothing.