The Pundits Speak

[windansea]

Note: original poster does not agree with all of these opinions...some of these pundits are pubs...some are just media whores

MICKEY KAUS: "The Kerry victory in Iowa reminds me, not unsurprisingly, of Gary Hart's come-from-behind victory in New Hampshire in 1984."

Andrew Sullivan: "The Iowa voters - not exactly centrists - picked Kerry and Edwards to be the anti-Dean candidate, and the shrillness of the Dean-Clark message (the shrillness that so appealed to Paul Krugman) was just as soundly rejected."

Jeff Greenfield: (on Edwards) "This guy makes a speech that's a coherent argument, not a collection of sound bites."

Jonah Goldberg: "Dean reminds me of the Hulk in that interim stage just before Bruce Banner turns green and starts to rip his clothes."

Jeff Jarvis: "Did blogging hurt Dean? . . . Did it become so loud inside that room that it became hard to hear the noise outside, where the voters were?"

Josh Marshall: "Stunning. Actually, stunning doesn't really do it justice."

Ed Cone: "Another Internet bubble popped."

Matt Welch: "Boy, That Dean's a Crazy Sonofabitch Ain't He? But not necessarily in a bad way! …. I kind of like the idea of a crazy man running for president, but my tastes have long been unsound." He has a link to audio of Dean's speech, too. I think that speech may have done for Dean what a similar speech ("How long, Lord, how long?") did for Frank Clement. Then again, attention spans are shorter, these days -- and Matt Welches are more common.

Will Saletan: "Dean's answer to every gaffe or unpleasant revelation was to trot out another endorsement from the establishment. But he was right: The establishment proved impotent, and tonight it was thrown aside."

Daniel Drezner: "Howard Dean is not going away anytime soon -- he's still got the money and the national organization. I'm sure the press is thrilled by this fact."

James Lileks: "This was not a rejection of the Dean message. This was a rejection of the messenger."

Kevin Drum: "Basically, this means that Dean, Clark, Kerry, and Edwards remain serious candidates, which in turn means that we're in for a stemwinder of a primary season."

Matthew Yglesias: "I'm watching Wes Clark on television right now explaining that he has no regrets about skipping the Iowa caucus. In light of tonight's results, that's a bit hard to believe."

David Frum: "Have the Democrats gone sane? Yesterday Iowa Democrats administered a brutal drubbing to Howard Dean and the far left of the Democratic party generally, opting instead for the two most sensible candidates on the ballot."

Roger Simon: "The voters of Iowa clearly chose the only two candidates--Kerry and Edwards--who seem to have the ability to compete seriously for the Presidency in November."

Robert Tagorda: "If the three candidates shared the same message, and Dean came out last, what does that say about his image? Basically, the public dislikes the messenger."