Reply #73: I agree

[quaker bill]

Screw the polls though. It is too early to handicap this race by them anyway.

First, I like most of these guys and would vote for anyone of them who gets the nomination. I have contributed to several dems and intend to keep it up.

So far no candidate other than Dean has shown a sort of campaign style that could take on Bush*. This is why the some of the others are muttering Dean, Dean, Dean..... It is also why he is, at this writing, the best qualified candidate to take on Bush*.

The debate here often hovers around an attempt to discern that magical set of resume elements and policy positions that will result in victory. While these things are important considerations, there is no definitive solution to this equation.

Winning an election goes far deeper than having the magical set of perfect policies and resume elements.

Put the perfect policy positions and background in the hands of a Chester Milquetoast and watch 2000 or 2002 repeat itself.

This election is going to be an ugly, bloody, nasty, bludgeoning match in the style of WWF matches. The repugs are not going down without a fight and it looks like they are going to have a lot of money to carry it off.

Dean has shown an ability to go toe to toe and trade shots with the opposition and walk away smiling.

He has built an organization that believes in him, and apparently gets stronger when the other side attacks.

This is why they mutter Dean, Dean, Dean...

This is a refrain I can only hope Bush* will need to learn.