Joan Walsh describes an arc of reactions towards Dean quite similar to my own. The Five Kubler-Ross Stages of Dean. Skeptical, Interested, Enthusiastic, Disappointed, Philosophical. (g)
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/02/19/dean_drops_out/index.html
She really did write some very supportive things about Dean and the campaign, after an early period of resistance. She was one of the journalists who got Dean, and stood up for him.
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