Reply #78: Dean has a core of committed supporters--Kerry has broader but [View All]

[edzontar]

....much shallower support.


Dean supporters are in his his camp because they are inspired by him and belive in the issues he has raised.

Kerry supporters are attarcted to his "electability," a factor whoch may or may not prove to have legs in the general election.



The DP nominee will need the Dean coterie and its grass-roots power in the general election, but may not get much of it, since Kerry is especially unpopular in the Dean camp for his war vote and his frequent attacks on Dean in the debates, not to mention the much-rumored dirty tricks.

I see the possibility of a real break in the party as a result of this years' primary.