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...Kerry seems to be the acceptable choice of the Democratic establishment, but that's the problem. Many of us watched while congressional Dems sheepishly handed President Bush the power to invade Iraq. By the time of the Iowa caucuses, Kerry had successfully co-opted Howard Dean's message of taking on the entrenched corporate interests that dominate our political process. But Kerry isn't credible as a true populist. Federal records show that he has taken more money from lobbyists than any other Senator over the past 15 years. Those facts only confirm what many of us feel: anybody...
...Klein hit it right on the head in saying, "This primary campaign is the best thing that has happened to the Democratic Party since Bill Clinton." The primaries have reinvigorated the party and brought millions of Americans back into the political process. The Democrats have Howard Dean largely to thank for that. There is now an excitement and a momentum that haven't been seen in the party since the days of the Kennedy campaigns. Robert Bernstein Toronto...
...Democratic primary campaign has produced one of the more depressing political phenomena in memory: the rise of the citizen pundit. With Howard Dean gone from the race, the last traces of passion--and, I fear, conviction--have been leached from the electorate. Instead of voters, we have handicappers. Ask a civilian why she likes Kerry or Edwards, and more often than not, you get dime-store Capital Gang: "Kerry can match up with Bush on national security," or "Edwards can win in the South." This is a form of pragmatism, I suppose. Democrats are desperate to beat George W. Bush...
...Andrew Sullivan's "Why I'm Rooting for Dean" [Feb. 9]: The Democratic presidential primaries are battles between the party's soul and its fear. Howard Dean represents the soul and John Kerry the fear. I am sick and tired of wimpy Democrats allowing Republicans to define our party and making us run scared for fear of being branded card-carrying liberals. We need someone with fire in his belly, like Dean, who's going to fight back and give as good as he gets. KIRSTEN WALSTEDT New York City...
...This express lane to the nomination was crafted by party bigwigs and state parties to favor frontrunners and avoid a divisive primary season that leaves a bloody, bruised nominee to face the President. Ironically, it initially looked like the system would favor outsider Howard Dean, who won the pre-primary season before killing his campaign with a dreadful last month before Iowa. During that month, Democrats who weren't Deaniacs took a long look at Dean and decided the party needed the candidate least like the former Vermont governor. That was Kerry...