The evolution of Dean from breakout candidate to mainline leader was evident in early fall. But it appears to have solidfied with two major union endorsements, continued strength in polls in early-voting states, and his decision to forgo federal matching funds..."Howard Dean is the Great Britian of the 19th century," said Ralph Whitehead, a journalism professor who analyzes politics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. "What he has to do now is make sure that no single power emerges to rival him."
The task is made easier by Dean's growing aura of success, which has helped dispel concerns about his ability to win the general election and has fostered a bandwagon effect.
In Boston, home turf of rival Senator John F. Kerry, Suffolk County Register of Probate Richard Iannella yesterday publically threw his support behind Dean. Here in Iowa, unaligned Democratic activists were scrambling, wondering whether they were too late to sign on befoe teh Jan. 19 caucuses...
Some abruptly reversed coarse. "He seemed more electable," said Ellen Widiss, whose daughter is a Dean staffer but who herself leaned towards Kerry until this week. "My early reservations about Dean were that we were asking for another McGovern fiasco," she said...The union endorsements were important to me because what they say about his electability--the blue-collar workers understand his message and are willing to back him...
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