Tuesday, November 11,
2003
TPM on Dean's Electability
TPM points out that Dean might not be the Dem that's nominated at the national convention. He lists several valid points; I'd like to add another:
To the average voter, Dean will be old news by the national convention. He will seem like an insider and no longer the dark horse that needs to be supported. He won't be any different than any other Dem, just "internet enabled". It makes me wonder if the Clark campaign is on to something. Cam Barrett said in a Chris Lydon interview (at 9:39) "we never were out of contention in Iowa, we just publicly said we're not going to focus on it." He goes on to mention the lack of funds compared to Dean, I believe setting up the campaign to be the underdog on purpose. No, Cam is not the spokesperson of the campaign and probaby doesn't set strategy, but it does make me pause.
Update at [Macro error: Can't evaluate the expression because the name "clockNow" hasn't been defined.] : Added title and update notice, removed title from top of post since this was sent by email.
