Reply #34: I understand that [View All]

Dean lost Iowa--came in third with 19% and from that moment on with the shortened primary schedule it was hard for him to recover. He did well but short of victory in states like Maine and Washington. I think he made a mistake in not competing in at least one or two states on Super Tuesday--such as Arizona and NM where he did respectably for not running any ads and putting all his eggs in Wisconsin. He did solidly in NH with 26% and a second place showing well ahead of Edwards and Clark, but by then with victories in Ia and NH, Kerry was virtually unstoppable. Still Dean has proved he has hundreds of thousands of strong supporters--maybe millions. In the primaries/caucuses since leaving the race he has received almost 700,000 votes--coming in second in some of them--including Pennsylvania. I also think he has been vindicated on Iraq...today when his question is asked--Is the US safer with Saddam captured? by 2-1 people now agree with Dean. In the end, I honestly think Iraq will decide the election and I think Dean's strong opposition from the beginning will be an asset.