Whatever you, or I, or anyone here makes of the conundrum of which version of which bill passed or did not pass to become the operant 'law' which led to the US invasion and occupation of Iraq; and therefore whether or not Howard Dean did or did not support, at any time, any particular version of said bill(s); and furthermore, whether Howard Dean could then be assumed to be taking an 'hypocritical' stand on the eventual War Resolution (misnamed, re: US Constitution and Congressional power to declare War), is SO MUCH BULLSHIT.
The point, my dear Watson, is what will the REPUBLICANS make of Kerry and Edwards and even Lieberman, in the general election period, for their signing onto the damn thing, not to mention (OK, so I'm mentioning them) the equally mis-named Patriot Act, NCLB, and probably others as well.
Our paleo-democrats (as opposed to the neo-con republicans) in Congress have hamstrung their own most powerful arguement for appealing to the voters in November of 2004 - the President started a War in Iraq that was based on either faulty intelligence or damn lies, or some combination of both, and either way, deserves the boot for it - because they voted for the damn thing themselves (also Patriot, etc, etc).
Hypothetical arguements, based on supposition of the Governor's probable support of the War Powers Resolution is worthless - he was not a member of Congress, HE DID NOT VOTE YES - but Kerry, Edwards and Lieberman all did.
Anyone who believes that the Democrats can win the White House on domestic issues during a year when the US is actively engaged in, not one, but TWO ACTIVE MILITARY ACTIONS, is not just stupid, but insane.
Bush - Cheney '04 will demolish the Congressional candidates in the general election, and the media will help feed the frenzy by repeatedly showing sound bites of the them voting yes on the Resolution, you can bet on it.
Howard Dean is bent, but he is not broken. He is an honest, forthright man with a vision for this nation that has not been seen since before most of us were born - that We the People should have the loudest voice in Congress. I agree with him, and I'll cast a vote for him on February 7th.