BusinessWeek on Dean
BusinessWeek is running an article covering Dean's conservative credentials. I think if Dean ran as Dean (aka fiscally conservative, socially progressive) he would have a good chance in the general election. My concern is that his swing to the left for the primary season, specifically his ardent anti-war stance, is going to hurt him. I don't see how he can recover a reasonable stance that will appeal to swing voters after heading so far to the left on this very important issue.
Still, Dean had a knack for positioning himself and never lost an election. Those who know him best believe Dean is moving to the left to boost his chances of winning the nomination. "But if he gets the nomination, he'll run back to the center and be more mainstream," predicts Stenger. Says Garrison Nelson, a political science professor at the University of Vermont: "Howard is not a liberal. He's a pro-business, Rockefeller Republican."
[via Political Wire]
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Dean really doesn't seem so bad. He was tarred as a far-leftist (perhaps partly by his own PR forces), but it's not correct. And we need an emergency injection of fiscal responsibility at the top level, sort of like Uma Thurman's character and the dopamine or adrenaline shot (?) in Pulp Fiction.
Too bad Dean's an anti-war tool who will roll back our security and diplomacy gains by about two parsecs if he gets into office. He can kiss my vote goodbye.