Reply #34: I disagree with your statement that says

[DemBones DemBones]

"If Dean is a weak candidate, he wouldn't have what seems to be a huge chunk of the Democratic Base behind him."

He has gotten a lot of people enrolled in meet-ups, excited about the cause, etc. But are they a "huge chunk of the Democratic Base"? Some of his supporters come from the Democratic base but many are new voters: young voters voting for the first time in 2004, people who have never voted before, people who are registered Republicans or registered Greens or Independents. There are GOP operations that encourage Repubs to support Dean by giving money and voting for him in the primaries, crossing over to vote in Dem primaries. But if he gets the nomination, they will not be supporting him next November. They're only supporting him now to select our candidate for us.

Dean has completely turned off a lot of Democrats like me with his arrogance, his lies, his poor record. A lot of other Dems aren't paying attention yet and are likely to only see his campaign unraveling. not the glory days when he seemed unstoppable. It's very likely that someone else will surge in the primaries and get the nomination. I certainly hope that happens because I will not be able to make myself vote for Dean.

The Dark Horse Cometh. . . Dennis J. Kucinich for President 2004