I'd rather have Lieberman than Dean [View All]

Their economic policies are the same - GOP Lite. At least Lieberman has a chance in hell of beating Bush, which Dean doesn't. Dean has no constituency, outside of his e-mail list. Dean has no institutional support in the Democratic party - no AFL-CIO, no NAACP, no NOW or Emily's List - nothing but an email list of mostly upper middle class white liberals who like hearing anti-war speeches. Dean gives us pretty anti-war rhetoric he knows perfectly well he'll never be able to back up.

Dean's big shot on the national stage was fronting for NAFTA and corporate trade agreements - the DLC agenda - and now he attacks the DLC, but still supports all of their policies. Now his supporters are desparately trying to distance Dean from his pro-corporate record, but Dean gives them little to go on - just the same tired speech that's been posted a million times, where Dean evades the questions and avoids proposing anything that might hurt his chances to get corporate campaign donations.

But why do Dean supporters put up with it? Aside from the salary, I mean?