I've read a lot on here why Dean should be our chair. There's lots of good reasons for it. I like him, he's fiesty and amusing. He speaks the truth, no matter what the consequences are. Many of you were pulled back into politics because of him. You are very loyal. But I think he's a bad choice for head of our party.
Dean spent a lot of time talking about not being "republican light". He makes a good point.....we should focus on our strengths and differences between the parties. He made a good point that nominating someone who voted for the war would be a mistake since it would make it easier for an opponent of the war to vote for Bush.
But the question now, isn't was Dean a better choice for president. It's not even would Dean do the best job as DNC chair. Frankly, it's who is going to promote the party best. I think Dean would have some trouble with this. Dean has (unfairly many think) been painted as that crazy guy from Vermont. If we nominate him as our chair, our opponents are going to tell the swing voters that the Democrats are so out of the mainstream that they are led by Howard Dean. Again, it doesn't matter that Dean isn't as extreme as they think. It only matters how its going to look.
I think that Dean might not be the best choice for chair. I think that our vision gets clouded sometimes since we can see past the picture that has been painted of him.