Reply #88: Harkin's endorsement was in the bag...Dean just moved it up a few days

[YellowDawgDemocrat]

The obvious reason is that Dean needed the boost after a tough week. The more astute observation is that this shows very good strategy by the Dean campaign.

Dean knew this was coming, Trippi certainly knew it. A good campaigner keeps a few aces up his sleeve for just such an occasion.

As the campaigns come to a close, the one thing you can count on like clockwork, they're gonna get dirty. Down in the gutter, bloody, filthy, dirty. This shows me Dean is prepared, knows how to use his political capital and will be well tested when he goes for Bush.

By the way, I caught Dean on Inside Politics earlier...he is back in fighting form and did very well addressing the brouhaha over the highly overrated tape crap.