reps needto take a quick reality check. They see the Dean who's running now as easy to beat in the general election. They say he's too far to the left to capture the center voters.
But it's always been true that to win the nomination, you have to energize your base, which means playing to the fringes. Once the nomination is sewn up, you play to the swing voters to win the general election. After all, your base isn't going to vote for the other guy, so you can move a good way towards the center to pick up the swing voters without alienating your fringe enough that they sit out the election.
You'll know when Dean feels he has the nomination in hand because he'll make a hard turn towards the center.
Posted by Rich at November 24, 2003 2:01 PM | TrackBack