There’s an argument going around that Howard Dean is too “angry and brusque” and that his campaign is “giving angry, protest-oriented activists the rope they need to hang the party”. Certainly, the Republicans are gearing up to push this angle. However, it pays to know history; specifically, the presidential election of 1948. That year, much to the surprise of the pundits and oddsmakers, Harry Truman beat Thomas Dewey by a healthy margin, both in the popular vote and electoral vote. [Kuro5hin.org]
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