Why are Dean supporters so Upset? [View All]

[TheWhitneyBrown]

Reading the forums it seems as though the supporters of Howard Dean are very much more upset about the loss of their candidate than are those of Carol Mosely Braun, Dick Gephardt, Joe Lieberman, and Wes Clark. All were good candidates, who, because of various shortcomings, decided to drop out of the race. Others have also already lost but have elected to stay in for reasons other than the hope of winning.

Each of the candidates had different reasons for their lack of success, but in the end they all had one thing in common; ordinary Democratic voters decided they preferred someone else.
To blame this on the media, or on the establishment, or some conspiracy, or whatever, is to discount your fellow Democrats as mere sheep. The very fact that they are Democrats who actually made the time and effort to show up at the caucuses and polling places is proof against that notion.

We must all accept the fact that at times, we are in the minority. Even more, I'd like to propose the radical idea that no matter how right I think I am, when 8 or 9 of my friends differ, and after making my best arguments they still differ, well, maybe I'm not as right as I think I am. It's just a notion.