Reply #53: The Southern Dems will come to love Dean

[Tom Rinaldo]

That's my prediction. The real ones will anyway. There are always a few who are on the verge of switching parties anyway all of the time. They've been defecting for decades, this won't make a difference.

The Republicans love to whip up hatred of Bogeymen, but Dean will never even make their top three so it makes no difference if he's Chair. The Republicans will keep screaming Ted Kennedy till they are red in the face no matter who our DNC Chair is. They will also whip up hate about both Clintons. And of course whenever the Democrats are actually running a candidate, that person will be in their cross hairs front and center.

To be honest all that Dean "scream" flak has actually softened Dean's public image, not hardened it. He gets to make fun of it just like everyone else, it makes him more of a flesh and blood person. Dean will speak up for the South and folks down there will appreciate it. That's my prediction.