Who thinks this presidential season will be a Dem lovefest?

[Shanty Oilish]

I do. On Larry King, Howard Dean set a tone. He won't do an independent run, will unite behind any Dem to defeat Bush. That's what counts and I think Dems will, by and large, keep that imperative in focus.

[MarianJack]

1. I Hope!

From your mouth to God's ear. We need to keep our focus on sending bush jr. back to the Crawford ranch beer party for good.

[StClone]

13. Getting Rid of Bush is just a start

In every position in government we need to push these Loonies back to the fringes. They can not see the damage they do, but when they are in power things go bad... more so lately.

[MarianJack]

14. Hear, Hear!

You're absolutely right!:hi:

[jpgray]

2. Not anyone who has watched the news on television

Remember, King is an old softie.

[GainesT1958]

3. It's going to be a knock-down and drag-out...

Until the last candidate is left standing. Then, depending on who that candidate is, it's either going to be a "rally-'round the flag" bandwagon effect for that imminent nominee, or a "run-for-cover" wholesale abandonment situation as it was in '72 or '84. Given the state of the economy and the state of Iraq (pun intended! :eyes: ), I'm leaning toward the former, and hoping like heck against the latter--by either the left or right. Either support for Ralphie Boy by the left, or deafening silence by the center-right, means another four years of Dub & Co. If we care about our country at all, we won't allow that to happen next year.

B-)

[jfkennedy]

4. Dean is the new Nader

I hate to break the bad news to you. But Dean like Nader are Republican plants set up to divide the Democratic party. On election day Bush even actually pumped millions of dollars to support the Greens in swing states by buying Naders Anti-Gore Ads.

[jedicord]

5. Surprise!

This time I think it will bite them in the butt. I've heard that Repubs are sending money Dean's way in the hopes to mess up any Dem chance because of his presence.

Funny thing, it just makes his megaphone louder. More people are hearing about Dean and liking what they hear. It's time for Dems to crawl out of their shells and be proud to be a Democrat (to paraphrase Dean).

Jokes on them this time!

[jpgray]

6. I'd rather chew broken glass than hear this argument again

Dean isn't Nader. Nader's not a Republican plant--would he take Republican money and spend it on his campaign? You bet. There are plenty of real reasons not to like Nader, but this one doesn't ring true to me.

[On the Road]

7. Dean's Already Stopped Bashing and Started Suporting Other Dems

Realizing he's one of the front-runners and has been charged with negativism, he backed off on Larry King last night. Congratulated Gephardt on his union endorsements. And ruled out an independent run, saying that Democrats' focus must be on getting rid of GWB.

[dajabr]

9. He publically ruled out an independant run...

months ago.

[dajabr]

8. So, when Dean registered as a Democrat decades ago..

This was the genesis of a "master plan" to subvert the 2004 election for the Repugs? Very sneaky! :eyes:

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[tjdee]

11. Nope, Kerry v. Dean is just heating up.

They have similar personality traits. Strong headed, driven...
The "Sabrina" brothers, I'm telling ya. Kerry=Harrison Ford, Dean=Greg Kinnear.

They're also going for the same voters.

Lieberman's going to get desperate, as he did this past week, and start spouting off from the sidelines just to get attention....

The rest of them will keep it civil, I think, or superficially scrap amongst themselves.

It will be interesting, for sure.

[slackmaster]

15. I fear a Mongolian Cluster Fuck

No offense to my Mongolian friends, but there are too many yaks and people have too much butter on their hands. And other places.