Reply #7: I've Been Saying this for Months

[NashVegas]

Dean's campaign parallels Reagan's very heavily in the way he's appealing to anger of that part of the Democratic base that didn't move to the right along with Bill Clinton, much in the same way Reagan appealed to the RW of the Republican party. In addition to that, Dean appeals to moderate, non-partisan Republicans (believe it or not, there are plenty of them) the same way Reagan appealed to the "Wallace Democrats."

What remains to be seen is whether Dean's campaign will run more parallel to the 1976 - when Reagan first tapped into the base, but too late to win enough delegates - or the 1980 primary season & election.