There is way too much animosity toward him from "the party" to let him take charge of the whole system.
While it's good that Dr. Dean is making a play for it and his grassroots supporters are pushing forward with their drafting movement, they need to be prepared for what happens when he doesn't get it:
If 300 voters in Florida in 2000 voted for Gore instead of Bush, or if a few thousand votes were switched (or eaten) this year in Ohio, the national discourse might be completely different. With a few minor changes in states that aren't even that religious (in comparison to the rest of the bright red states), the discussion would be completely different.
Instead, we get treated to a vacuous debate about religion's role in the public life. Pundits warn the left that it must be serious and should no longer condescend to people who believe that we can never have peace until Jesus comes to earth or that the other is going to receive rapture soon so there is no point in being a steward for the environment.
· Big Coal's PR Spending Spree (desmoinesdem)
· IA-03: Former college wrestling coach to challenge Boswell (desmoinesdem)
· Tea Baggers Target Gore... (Cliff Schecter)
· Stimulus Watch (Jerome Armstrong)
· CREW seeks ethics inquiry of Bachmann (desmoinesdem)
· Did IRC help? (MN Campaign Report)
· 5 Worst cities for urban youth (desmoinesdem)
· "The Bishops' Huge Financial Stake in Stupak-Pitts" (desmoinesdem)
· Conservative group wants FEC to override state laws on robocalls (desmoinesdem)
· URGENT: Call these House Ds Saturday to oppose Stupak amendment (desmoinesdem)
· WI-08: Wingnut plans to run as "conservative independent" (desmoinesdem)
· 50 percent of southerners say Obama better president than Bush (desmoinesdem)