Reply #194: This is vintage Dean.

[bklyncowgirl]

1. Throw out a controversial statement.

2. Wait for the other side to go ballistic--it won't take long.

3. Get the talking heads on TV, talk radio hosts and groupies, not to mention every joker on the Internet arguing aboutit.

4. Go on TV and reiterate what you said before, challenge the other side to prove you wrong, let them tie themselves up in knots.

5. Move the issue a few yards down the road.

He does it every time. Sometimes his timing's a bit off--a few days before the New Hampshire Primary was probably not the best time from a political standpoint to proclaim that Saddam's capture had not made America safer--even though it was true. But he just threw the ball in Bush's court and the talking heads are now asking "Can we win? and What would "Victory" look like."