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January 22, 2004
Campaign Desk on the advice of political correspondents.
"If Only He Hadn't Listened to . . . Me"
In a piece last October, Jodi Wilgoren of The New York Times described "the central dilemma and critical balancing act" of Howard Dean's campaign as: "How to galvanize the alienated newcomers and ideological diehards who have fueled his insurgency without frightening off the party leaders and moderate voters essential in a general election."
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Dean was clearly paying attention. He dutifully went out and got endorsements from Al Gore, Bill Bradley, Tom Harkin, SEIU, AFSCME, and a host of members of congress. He even took time out from campaigning in Iowa a day before the caucuses for a photo op with Jimmy Carter in Georgia.
Now fast forward to this week. Dean disappoints in Iowa. And here is Wilgoren, explaining, in effect, that Dean fared poorly because he took her advice. The new wisdom: "the endorsements from Mr. Harkin, Iowa's most popular Democrat; former Vice President Al Gore; two of the nation's largest unions; and 35 members of Congress seemed to complicate Dr. Dean's message more than help spread it."
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Posted by glyphic at January 22, 2004 04:32 AM