Heartfelt sympathies to my friends who support Howard Dean, the Democratic candidate who best combines interesting style, a promise of change, and possible mainstream acceptance; he didn’t break the Lieberman Line in Delaware or Oklahoma, and that can’t be encouraging. It would be a great story if he could storm back into contention, and the creativity and energy in his campaign militate against foreclosing that possibility, but it would be a battle that redefines “uphill” as something like “scaling a sheer rock face.”
Posted by AKMA at February 4, 2004 10:13 AM | TrackBackOn the one hand, as Digby observes, back in '92, Clinton only won three of the first fourteen primaries; in four of those primaries, he was fourth place.
On the other hand, as he points out in the selfsame article, the primary season was a lot slower-paced back then: Clinton had a whole month between Iowa and NH, for instance.
Instead of heartfelt sympathies, how about contributing some money to his campaign? You can do so in a secure online environment right here. It's a good investment, because even if this "hail Mary" pass doesn't work out, the large number being raised by small donations is creating a huge stir in the central highways of the democratic party.
Posted by: Mary Hess at February 5, 2004 09:38 AM