Okay. So I'm a little disappointed. I was hoping Dean would win or place second. He didn't. This makes our job in NH that much tougher. But I wasn't freaking out. Like my mom was.
I called her on the celly on the way down from Manch (in a campaign van. Seems Grimace had a thermostat issue. Will find out more tomorrow). My stepdad was consoling and encouraging, but moms was
livid. She went off on the media and CNN and how they've been pumping Kerry up for weeks now and how they gave him the cuter reporter to cover him and how they manufactured that river-guy at the last minute and on and on and on. Screaming at me as I'm trying to obey the speed limit on Route 3. I told her take deep breaths. I told her how it could've been worse. We're viable. We're not Gephardt. We're not Kucinich. We've got loads of cash and a grassroots movement that just got a punch in the gut and a kick in the ass. She calmed down a little.
I"m still a little in shock I guess but from here it doesn't look all that bad. Our biggest pain in the ass, Dick Gephardt is dropping out. The left is going to have to consolidate around Dean or else a centrist like Edwards or Kerry or a Republican like Clark is going to drive this party over a cliff. Back when I first got into Dean, I didn't think he'd be able to pull 3rd in Iowa. It looks like what happened between Gephardt and Dean in Iowa is going to happen to Kerry and Clark in NH. Dean's in position to become the comeback kid. Kerry'll gloat about his Mo' and won't be able to afford any other states. Howard's at his best when he's in the underdog slot. We're at our best when we feel the media fucked us over. They've already done the studies, the results are in: the media has been fucking us over.
Anyway...
Final thoughts--
Note to Dean's Meetup Guru: Maybe sending letters to states is a total goddamn waste of time.
Note to Dennis Kucinich: Go fuck yourself.
Note to John Kerry: That was cute how you flyered Grimace in our own parking lot. I will take you down you slimy shithead.
Note to my mom: deep breaths. Chill on the CNN for a while. Get down to Delaware and start organizing.
Note to Howard: You have the power to take this race back. I'm coming to see you tonight at 2am in Portsmouth.