Reply #150: Dean would have been destroyed too

[American Tragedy]

Unfortunately I think Dean supporters, blinded in their own affection for him, severely overestimate his appeal with the electorate outside the Democratic base.

I never saw Dean as being able to beat Bush (and no, the fact that Kerry lost does not mean that Dean would have won, though I wasn't originally for Kerry either). Most importantly perhaps, his economic plan included raising all taxes across the board back to previous levels. You can spin it any way you like, but I maintain that in the current political climate that would have gotten him killed.