Much like
Kos himself, I'm inclined to think that the whole idea of a candidate who succeeds in the primary voting being "unelectable" is a bunch of hooey.
For starters, even though we see prognostication en maasse from sources all around, it's based on assumptions or delusions that are just plain "off". Based on my experiences as a 21-year-old political activist newbie, even I can show their arguments don't hold up to so much as a strong breeze.
Second, I have to ask myself "Is 'unelectability' really even a word?"
If you missed the
New York Post article above, hit it now. Because it's just absurd. Somehow, attack ads from the Right are helping Dean. Boy, that Dean sure is resilient! Please. You don't have to look far to be able to tell that the best conservative groups produce far-and-away the most vicious attack ads around. These are not political mudslinging amateurs that are going after the Democrat contenders.
What the NYP op-ed completely misses is that the real support Dean is getting--the real reason these attack ads show positive poll results--is because the last two times the Right launched a series of attack ads, Dean people opened their collective pocketbook and hit the conservative PACs where it counts.
And then we find out that the New York Post evidently has a crystal ball or something, with insight on how the election will turn out. Notice you "[crazy bastards] on both coasts" seem to think Dean can win. And somehow, we in the nation's midsection have our heads buried in the sand or in the cornfield or something
Right.
Last time I checked, there were more than a few people lined up in Indiana--yes, Indiana, the medium-sized red state next to more important, blue states like Michigan and Illinois--to attend these Dean Meetups. Nothing says "unelectable" like a bunch of supporters meeting monthy, a year before the national election.
According to the New York Post, Dean is one of the "weakest" candidates against GWB in the national election. That somehow follows from Dean leanding national polls, even after a slight dip in numbers. I'm not sure what to make of this, but evidently even some of the old guard Democrat "establishment" is willing to fall in behind Dean. Having the establishment behind you is always a bad thing, right Dubya? Oh, wait... maybe not!
Finally, before I leave, I'd like to introduce our conservative friends who write op-ed pieces like the one from NYP to the idea of hubris.
That is all :)
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