Dean was such an astoundingly stupid choice for this position. Not that I'm complaining.
Dean wowed the faithful in '04 with his Web-based fund-raising magic. But major business donors still count, and in his new role as party honcho, the feisty doctor seems to be struggling to connect. After achieving money parity with the GOP in 2004, Democrats have fallen far behind. According to the Federal Election Commission, the DNC raised $14.1 million in the first quarter of 2005, vs. the Republican National Committee's $32.3 million. Dean drew about 20,000 new donors, while his rivals picked up 68,200. The bottom line: Republicans have $26.2 million in the bank vs. $7.2 million for the Dems.
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Dean is a good example of the cult of celebrity. Those people who were alienated because of the war, fell in love with the most vocal opponent. Now that they need substance, they're left with a guy who is fit for little more than minor surgery and maybe a sitcom deal.
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