Reply #54: Here's your link and part of the discussion

[Samantha]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43916-2003Dec7.html

This article starts out discussing Dean's comments about the Republican party seeking to divide the Country over "guns, God and gays." You have heard this discussion before. Rolls along to discuss Nixon's (hear that Pat Buchanan) dividing Americans against one another, stirring up racial prejudices "and bringing out the worst in people." That is the Repubicans "Southern Strategy" and they have used it since the days of Nixon.

but here is the show stopper:

"Secondly, a large number of influential Democrats, many of them former high-level advisers to President Bill Clinton and state leaders, are growing increasingly concerned that Dean's antiwar, anti-tax-cut campaign could doom the party's chances of winning back the White House and Congress. If Dean can't quickly exhibit an ability and willingness to broaden his appeal, especially in the South, these Democrats may join together in a campaign to stop him, several said." (emphasis added)