Dean/Clark would have won, but they would have AT LEAST put up a helluva mighty fight.
I like to think we'd all be getting ready for an inauguration, had they been the ticket.
But even if not, I can guarantee you they would have drawn a much greater contrast with Bush than Kerry did. And that they would have come out fighting from the first minute of the convention on through.
And that, my friends, is why Rove said pre-primaries, "Yeah, run Dean. We know we can beat him."
You see, Karl Rove has read
Brer Rabbit, too!