Reply #86: We need both Trippi and Dean

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I have heard that Dean and Trippi had a very personal falling-out. This is probably the basis for Trippi's remarks over the last six weeks.

Dean is going to be good for the Democratic Party, but he has limitations as well. He is no political savior and we should keep that in mind. He has a temper, he is willful, he can be officious and impatient, he carries grudges, and he doesn't understand the internet as well as most of us think he does. He is also smart enough to have a sense for his own failings and often can surprise us by partially overcoming them right when it is most important. Let's hope he continues to surprise us.

Trippi is a good techie -- but he's more than that. He is one of the few "techies" I have met who actually can see what a piece of technology can mean to Society. He is what I call a "design guy," and that is very rare in Technical Professions. Trippi always runs a little disorganized and I can see how that might have gotten under Dean's skin.

We need both these guys. For the Party's sake, I hope Trippi's hunches about Dean are wrong -- but they are still worthy of consideration.

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