Howard Dean on Hardball
 

earlier tonight. It was my first really good look at him. I gotta say
that I was very impressed.
The right would like to portray him as a wild-eyed liberal who is just totally pissed-off at the Conservative agenda that is being played out by the current administration.
In reality, he seems to be much more hopeful than pissed-off.
And a look at his economic record while he was in office,
shows that without a doubt that he is fiscally much more conservative than Bush.
I have to admit I was extremely skeptical of his chances to beat Bush in 2004-
But after hearing him tonight, I really think he might be able to do it. He has a great message, and seems to be very sincere.
His sincerity is a bit disarming, because it is something you don't usually associate with politicians.
I think a lot of people are getting very uneasy with both the war and the overall direction in which the USA is headed. I also think that you are beginning to see a bit of a backlash against the ultra consevative Christians who have seized way more than their share of power in the last few years.
I'll betcha that once more people get a look at Howard Dean,
the initial perceptions of him may change.

Interesting how the economy (as judged by economic figures) started to improve now that elections are a year away.:thumbsup :winkwink:

Doesnt matter. A major terrorist attack will conveniently happen in the US around June or July, martial law will be put in place and all elections will be placed on 'temporary hold'.

Oh yeah, we can't forget that war is the ultimate campaign tool. Works everytime. Although, I think most of us would rather have Clark in office if it came to that.

Have you ever been to Vermont? No offense to Vermont, but most states have cities with larger population counts than the whole state of Vermont.

The Mayor of Dallas is pretty good at what he does too, and the population of his city is twice the population of Vermont.

It is not too difficult running a state that has little or no public programs, and little or no people.

The only positive thing is that atleast he has experience running a state. All of the other clowns have no experience with much of anything, except pork and pandering to lobbyists.