Reply #3: Speaking for Dean Supporters Everywhere... :-) [View All]

<I>Dean supporters should be especially willing for long shots to stay in the race.</I>

I am. I think all nine Democratic candidates should continue running through Iowa and/or New Hampshire, when we'll have some actual voters making their opinions known.

After that it depends. But the standard should be whether there have been at least some voters who have spoken and whether a particular candidate has any reasonable shot at winning. If the answers to those "whethers" are yes and no, respectively, then it's time.

<I>I thought Dean was originally a dark, dark horse.</I>

He was. Started out as an "asterisk in the polls," with Joe Lieberman probably the leader at the beginning.

By the way, welcome to DU, BertrandL. :hi: