Reply #19: Dennis is a true lefty lefty liberal

[sandnsea]

That's why he ran and he presented the true anti-war wing of the party better than any other candidate. However, he did not and does not represent the Democratic Party as a whole. And, when he went straight up against Kerry in Oregon, where the left wing had every chance to prove they were the real core of the party, he got 18%. The lefty lefties don't want to hear that, but it's true. They have alot of great ideas and are exactly right on alot of issues, but it seems to me they have to learn how to frame those issues so middle America can hear them.

Kerry won the primaries because of his liberal record and his experience, maturity, and common sense approach to governance. If the Democratic Party had wanted a hawkish moderate, they would have gone with Lieberman. He washed out first, as I recall.