Who's Afraid of Howard Dean?

But wait!" I hear the hue and cry rising up from the assembled masses even as I type this article. "Karl Rove would love to run against Dean - it's been in all the papers!" And indeed it has.

Papers like the Weekly Standard, which has also run stories that breathlessly (and speciously) reported that Dean had called for Osama bin Laden's life to be spared - if Bush can ever find the guy, of course. Papers like the National Review, whose Approved Script on the subject of Mr. Howard Dean not only includes Rove's allegedly ungenerous assessment of the Governor's chances but also the cheery allegation that Dean hates Christians and that Vermont under his governorship is now officially the Tenth Circle of Hell.

Newsmax.com ran a story in early November suggesting that Rove was actively campaigning for Dean. Just Thursday The New York Post went to press with the most unusual take on the subject I've seen to date - "GOP TRIES TO BOOST DEAN BY BURYING HIM." The idea behind the article is just what the headline implies - that Rove's recent TV attacks on Dean are an attempt to make him more attractive to Democratic primary voters. In fact, it seems practically every one of Karl Rove's favorite newspapers is constantly telling us what a pushover Howard Dean would be in the general election.

A lot of naïve Dems have apparently fallen for all of this hokum. I still hear a lot of moaning from people who ought to know better that "Howard Dean is the next McGovern." Perhaps these people have forgotten the real story of George McGovern and Ed Muskie. It's an important parallel, and apt, in its own way, so here's a quick refresher:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/03/12/11_dean.html

Sorry for the shameless self-promotion, but I am very interested to see what people, both pro-Dean and pro-others, have to say about this piece. Look forward to hearing everyone's opinion.

Your Man In the Capital

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on Hardball. They don't have a death penalty.

you gave me insights into the candidacy of Joe Lieberman. And thanks for the history lesson on dirty tricks. Didn't know Rove had been trained by the Watergate dirty trickster. Helps explain a lot of things-the crooks have learned from their previous mistakes. That means we must be extra vigilant.

I saw this made it into google news

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I saddens me to see so many DUers and real world Dems cower in fear of Rove, the Maybery Machiavelli.

Julie

I think the Rethugs feel they can beat Dean because he is to the left of Clinton and Gore and they had close races each of the last three election cycles. If the economy continues its slow recovery and we do not have another terrorist attack on US soil they feel they will be postioned to do well.

If we here on DU are correct, moving to the left will help the party as "The left is Right!!" And yet the Republicans claimed in 94 (with the contract for/on America) and ever since then, that moving to the right would help them. It should be very interesting to watch this play out and find out if the undecideds/moderates who have no declared party affiliation are conservative or liberal.

Of course there is a third possibility that the undecided/undeclared want the country to continue down its current centrist path and will just periodically vote out the in party and vote in the out party if they think we have gone too far one way or the other.

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Holy crap, I feel uplifted!

Keep up the good work, Raul.

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