From MyDD and Jerome. This is interesting. I had forgotten this.
Yepsen not one to bank on given his '04 prediction Organization will be key to victory (DAVID YEPSEN, 01/19/2004, Des Moines Register)
If organization is as important as caucus lore tells us it is, Howard Dean should win the Iowa caucuses tonight. Driven by youthful energy and anti-war activism not seen since the Vietnam War, Dean has assembled what his organizers claim is the best get-out-the-vote operation ever built in the state.
They are probably correct. As the campaign draws to a close today, the important story isn't the candidates and their hoopla. It's their organizations and their boring grunt work on the streets and telephones of Iowa.
Given that recent polls of the race show the contest has tightened, Dean hopes his operation provides him with the political firewall he needs to protect himself against the late surges by John Kerry and John Edwards. A Dean win in Iowa tonight would be devastating to the early front-runner here, Dick Gephardt.
Oh my, David Yepson must not have noticed that "terrible" campaign Dean ran in Iowa, and he must not have seen all those orange hats. :evilgrin:
In case you didn't notice, a wee bit of sarcasm there. Or irony, or something.