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Leading in the polls

A national Newsweek Poll shows Dean leading the pack of Democratic candidates after the Gore endorsement (previous numbers in parentheses):

Dean - 24 (16)
Clark - 12 (15)
Lieberman - 12 (8)

Nationwide polls don't mean a whole lot since the contests are won state by state, but it's still nice to see. We'll see what the pollsters say about Iowa and the February 3rd contest states in the next week or two.

Whither Kerry?

The headline reads, "Kerry Argues That Gore Backed 'Wrong Howard Dean'," which sounds like Kerry's saying he's the right Howard Dean. How about trying to be the right John Kerry for once?

Under attack from ... ?

The anti-tax wingnuts from the Club for Growth have already run ads against Dean in New Hampshire, calling him a tax-hiker like some of the past Democratic losers. Now a new attack ad calls Dean too inexperienced to deal with the threat of terrorism. If you watched the ad, you'd think it was a Republican ad. Except if you're paying attention, they say that Dean isn't the one to take on Bush. Turns out it's a shadowy group made up of former Gephardt and Kerry supporters. Watch the ad, it's awful. And with Democrats like these, who needs Republicans?