As a Dean supporter I am sickened by how the media was able to manipulate public opinion in the Iowa caucuses. Dean was attacking the president when the rest of the congressional candidates (excluding Kucinich) was rolling over on everything and would not say a word. Dean charged forward calling the president's administration on every lie for two years. And he paid the price being labled the angry candidate, and getting attacked from all sides. But even so his campaign only grew stronger. The other candidates finally took notice and only then began to aggressively attack the Bush administration's policies. Then those in power within the media conglomerates made the decision to push Kerry up and Dean down. The media began jumping on Dean's every mis-step with a vengeance or ignoring him all together, all the while pushing Kerry 24/7. Dean re-energized the democratic base when the rest of the democratic party was ready to passively await the coronation of King George. He became the target for all attacks from inside and outside his party, which allowed Kerry and his incredibly inept campaign to prance forward unscathed. Kerry is an opportunist who made a calculated decision to vote for the Iraq war based on his own ambitions, and not his own conscience. Tell me again why he deserves to be president?