Reply #1: The NYT strikes again [View All]

Can't they come up with another line of attack? They're always pushing the "worried Democrats" line of bullshit.

It's interesting, though, they they could only attack Dean for his "liberal" views. The NYT declined to specify which liberals view would be problematic. I assume it's Dean's fiscal responsibility that the NYT really hates.

But the unorthodox character of Dr. Dean's candidacy — and the nature of his support from men and women who have been drawn into politics for the first time by his candidacy — has turned Dr. Dean into a difficult target for conventional political attacks.

Aides to his rivals said they had drawn a lesson from Dr. Dean's unsteady appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" in June, which was mocked as near disastrous among party leaders but now appears to have served to rally his base around him. Several said they feared that Dr. Dean would be strengthened by conventional political attacks. As a result, Dr. Dean's rivals are all stepping gingerly, waiting for someone else to risk the first shot.

"No one wants to be the person to take on Dean," said Ron Klain, a Democratic consultant who was a senior adviser to Al Gore in 2000.

Sounds like the NYT is scared of Dean.