Reply #11: My memory of Dean's press [View All]

[bread_and_roses]

coverage until Iowa is that it was pretty positive. I have always thought that it was possible that the extent of his national support was over-estimated. But the Press coverage until Iowa was sufficient that I was surprised at his loss there, and I still thought he might do better in New Hampshire. Whatever the case now, I find it hard to imagine that the Press was responsible for his loss in Iowa. And while I suppose a case can be made that the "scream" affected the races following Iowa and NH, I really doubt it. The Press had a field day, but most people are smart enough to figure out that it was a political rally and dismiss the idiotic spin.

Ironically, I think it may be the large turn-outs that are defeating him. For whatever reason, a majority in Iowa and NH did not think he was the best candidate. Certainly since then there is a momentum factor that cannot be dismissed, but that would be the case had Dean won the first two also. Kerry's rise makes a good story, as does Dean's "fall," which meets all the classic elements for a good tale, and that too of course has its' own momentum.

This is not a defense of mainstream media, which I loathe and which showed its' colors decisively in Iraq War I, if not before.

Full disclosure: I am not a Dean supporter and will be mystified forever as to why those who support him are not supporting Kucinich.

edit for: "the races following Iowa and NH"