] Second, Dean faces a unique political situation that
] makes his alienation of any wing or faction in the Party
] particularly risky. For even though Deans primary performance has been remarkably strong, the Governor is going to have a harder time than usual uniting the Party behind him. First, his rejection of the Washington policy consensus has put him odds with much of the established Party hierarchy. Second, because there have been so many other deep and talented campaigns, the sheer number of Party leaders political, elected, financial committed to other candidates is much greater than in a typical presidential race. Bringing these folks into the fold so they feel like they are part of the Dean team while not alienating his leaders from the primaries is going to require an incredible degree of political dexterity. New Democrat Network Blog is going to be running a series of posts "Making Sense of Dean." Their aim, I believe, it to make sense of Dean's campaign for the normal Dem who may be misled by the media's portrayals of his campaign. |
