Hello fellow Kossacks--
I have been a Dean supporter since this summer. And today I have a message for Governor Dean and his supporters: It is time for Dean to go. He must bow out gracefully and with honor. He cannot be a spoiler promising to go on and on and on like and Energizer bunny. He will doom any cause he stands for as he will be reduced to a joke.
Furthermore, if he goes on and on and on he increases the chances that his arch rival Kerry will get the nomination. Kerry needs a muddled field to win. A one on one race increases the chances that Kerry loses.
Dean was hoping to be that one that opposed Kerry, but because of his low name recognition, he had to raise a lot of money early, which he did and hence why he was the frontrunner. Then, because of the condensed primary schedule, he had to win Iowa and New Hampshire so as to get the media momentum and hype. He failed to do that. Kerry, who did win those contests has or had that momentum. Only a candidate that did well last night can now stop Kerry. That candidate is not Dean. That candidate is John Edwards. Edwards' speech last night was magnificent. Extraordinary. Edwards now has the message and the momentum to be the one candidate that can challenge Kerry. But he will not be able to win with Dean and Clark still in the race. Edwards, in order to beat Kerry, needs to take him on one on one, not him with two hangers on vs. Kerry.
Therefore, I hereby withdraw my support from Dean and I am now supporting Edwards. I ask that all of my Deaniac Kossacks and Clarkie Kossacks do the same. If you really detest Kerry and feel he cannot be our nominee, the only way to prevent that from happening is to do what I am doing. I am also changing my dKos handle to Delaware Dem, if it is available.
The Democratic Party owes it potential victory over President Bush to Howard Dean. Dean got the ball rolling. To steal a metaphor from someone else on this site yesterday, Dean was the first on the beach storming the fortess. But now he has taken the first shots and is dead, but the Party is now in a better position to win because of his efforts. Thank you Governor Dean. I will not forget you. And I hope the DNC comes under your direction soon so that you can bring passion and direction back to the Party. I hope you and your deeply committed supporters continue your efforts and help the Democratic party down the ticket. I hope you and your supporters will fight with all the passion and will power you have now in supporting the Democratic nominee, whomever that may be, in defeating the evil one in the White House, our common enemy, President Bush.
Now come on Edwards lets go!!!