The balance sheet for Dean

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By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Friday, January 9, 2004; Page A17


RACINE, Wis. -- Democrats have so many reactions to Howard Dean that it's impossible -- hard as pundits may try -- to pigeonhole either them or him. This is not exactly 1972 (George McGovern) or 1976 (Jimmy Carter) or 1988 (Michael Dukakis).

Nor, as Dean's most passionate supporters would have it, is opposition to Dean confined to "the Democratic establishment." Anyone who thinks there is an effective Democratic establishment probably also believes there are people on Mars, despite those great pictures we're getting of large amounts of emptiness. And worries about Dean extend all the way through the party, from right to center to parts of its left.

But every worry is matched by a hope. Bear with me as I go through the one hand/other hand calculations that pour forth from agonized rank-and-file and big-shot Democrats alike.

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1. pretty good article