Reply #91: Dean will win

[thinkahead]

1) he has the best run campaign
2) the most energetic support
3) the most money, and ability to continue to raise it
4) the best message (social & economic justice with a common sense foreign policy)
5) a centrist record with plenty for progressives & Greens & and potential fiscal conservative converts
6) he sticks to his beliefs, but, like a Dr. is pragmatic and will change his mind if something isn't working
7) a proven record of results (healthcare/eduaction)
8) he takes the fight to the Republicans, reframing the debate
9) he's not afraid of taking on his own party's leadership (a leadership quality right there)
10) A straightshooting quality, and ability to explain the issues that doesn't play well for pundits, but extremely well for the public (just look at the polls)
11) He is absolutely unafraid to differentiate himself from George W. Bush - even where Bush is popular (this is how minds are changed).
12) He has woken up the sleeping giant in the Democratic Party

I could go on but you get the picture