Reply #39: I would like to see Dean move to the left, but I know that it would be

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impossible for him to win if he did so. Dean, IMHO, does the best job of explaining his positions as clearly and concisely as possible. And, I think that in U.S. politics folks have lost the ability to reason because of all of the folks in Washington refusing to give straight answers. And the Democratic Party and democracy will lose, in the long run, unless folks get a handle on reality again.

"The preeminence of representative government {is maintained} by showing that its foundations are laid in reason, in right, and in general good." --Thomas Jefferson to William Duane, 1810.