It occurs to me that Dean's main assets were his passion, tenacity and willingness to be confrontational--indeed, even arrogance and anger. He can no longer do any of those things, because he is trying to counter-act the post-caucus screech.
Sans his passion he is a boring little governor from a boring little state.
Granted, the anger may have been the problem, which means he is doomed no matter what, Iowa screech or not.
Steven, remember the second Bush-Gore debate (the sit-down debate that Bush described as a "love fest")? This was after the first debate where Gore was roundly criticized for his sighing?
Gore changed his style so dramatically, it made him look superficial. Same thing for Dean.
Posted by: Eric Lindholm at January 22, 2024 08:59 PMYup.
Posted by: Steven at January 22, 2024 09:09 PMGore superficial? Hmmmm... Let me think on that one. I figured him as a genuine down-home Tennessee farmer type.
Anyways, as part of the Dean meltdown, the official Dean blog now requires registration to comment. This has happened with in the last 24 hours or so.
Posted by: John Lemon at January 22, 2024 09:17 PMWhy do I have the sneaking suspicion you were one of the reasons? (rib)
Posted by: Paul at January 23, 2024 03:48 PM