Shrill rejection
Andrew Sullivan:
"If Howard Dean cannot win the anti-war vote, he's a goner. It's clear, however, that he has performed a great service for the Democrats. He was the vehicle for their rage; and he helped vent and dissipate it. That's not to say Bush-hatred has died. The latest WaPo poll shows a higher number of strongly anti-Bush voters - 30 percent - than ever. But the Dems have obviously decided that it's better to get even rather than mad. Dean's implosion also strikes me as bad news for Wesley Clark. He was supposed to be the anti-Dean, but adopted Deanish rhetoric. Both positions are now somewhat redundant. The Iowa voters - not exactly centrists - picked Kerry and Edwards to be the anti-Dean candidate, and the shrillness of the Dean-Clark message (the shrillness that so appealed to Paul Krugman) was just as soundly rejected. Good news for the Dems - and the country."
Andrew Sullivan:
"If Howard Dean cannot win the anti-war vote, he's a goner. It's clear, however, that he has performed a great service for the Democrats. He was the vehicle for their rage; and he helped vent and dissipate it. That's not to say Bush-hatred has died. The latest WaPo poll shows a higher number of strongly anti-Bush voters - 30 percent - than ever. But the Dems have obviously decided that it's better to get even rather than mad. Dean's implosion also strikes me as bad news for Wesley Clark. He was supposed to be the anti-Dean, but adopted Deanish rhetoric. Both positions are now somewhat redundant. The Iowa voters - not exactly centrists - picked Kerry and Edwards to be the anti-Dean candidate, and the shrillness of the Dean-Clark message (the shrillness that so appealed to Paul Krugman) was just as soundly rejected. Good news for the Dems - and the country."
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