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| Wednesday, November 17, 2004 |
| Newsweek Campaign Series |
Newsweek has a very thorough behind the scenes look into the campaign, on both sides, starting with the primary. Here's a link to Chapter 2 (where you can also go to the other chapters) about Rove's strategy if Dean was the nominee... gives us an idea of what that campaign season would have looked like.
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posted by CB @ 10:28 AM   |
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The 'Dean is angry' criticism seems like it would have stuck less effectively than the 'Kerry flip-flops' thing, but then again, you look at 'The Scream' (which I think was obviously overplayed and exaggerated to an infuriating extent) and I think that perhaps I am wrong about that.
But can't you imagine Dean getting out the base by saying, "You're damn right I'm mad. And I'm doing something about it by running for president."
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The reason I liked Dean so much is because I thought he was honest and straightforward. And I couldn't remember a Democrat like that - Clinton, Gore, Kerry all were surely not like that. Maybe Gephardt.
And I supported him because I thought that particular quality neutralized one of Bush's only strengths - that he was consistent and determined; Dean was too!
So while during the campaign I felt that Kerry was probably better than Dean, seeing how much emphasis was placed on Bush's steadiness has led me back to my original view that Dean perhaps had a better shot.
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The 'Dean is angry' criticism seems like it would have stuck less effectively than the 'Kerry flip-flops' thing, but then again, you look at 'The Scream' (which I think was obviously overplayed and exaggerated to an infuriating extent) and I think that perhaps I am wrong about that.
But can't you imagine Dean getting out the base by saying, "You're damn right I'm mad. And I'm doing something about it by running for president."