Democratic Nomination for President

[M]

Plus, at this point Dean already has the kind of inertia you'd expect a candidate not to have till after NH and Iowa. Scary as it seems, by Feb. 3 Dean may be powerful enought to sweep (yes, even SC).

[M]

There is something of an axiom in politics that when you have a decent chance at the highest office, you more or less will settle down in the center. This is bunk. Hitler did not move to the center, he just stayed angry as ever. Do not uderestimate human beings, we are capable f incredible stupidity.

As to Dean, I do not see any sign that he will be moving back to the center. I think he will run a campaign on hate, anger, and vitriol, with a neo-socialist give-peave-a-chance flavor.

[M]

You know, Edwards could have been great- right accent, right looks, right money, right positions. His flop has been one of the biggest disappointments of the campaign season, in many ways worse than Kerry's, which is easily attributable to Dean.