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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Because the party nomination is dominated by the far left. The Dems had 3 centrists running last election, one of which I would have even felt good about seeing president. They all got destroyed. Howard Dean set the tone early and everyone had to 'out left' Dean. Deans only fault was the electability issue, had he been 6'5" and good looking I'll bet you he would have won the nomination.
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I must be confused. Surely you're not accusing Kerry of being good looking
Dean's problem was his "yeahhh" cheer which CNN (you know, part of that "liberal media" conspiracy) joyfully played over 200 times in a 24 hour period, making it look like Dean was a whack job instead of a guy who just suffered a defeat and was trying to rally his supporters. And, not to be eclipsed by CNN, the other networks lost no time in jumping on board.
IMO Dean was infinitely more electable than Kerry. He has a personality, and there's no way he'd have stood there letting the Bush camp launch attack after attack with no rebuttals.