Reply #59: The Wheel's Still in Spin [View All]

[welshTerrier2]

An Important Post, Pete ... thanks so much for writing what you did ...

i don't have a crystal ball to know whether Dean will or will not stack up well against bush if Dean is the nominee ...

but wise DU'ers would be well served by continuing to evaluate all of our democratic candidates ... one may gain and another fall back as events unfold ... there's still a whole lotta miles from here to the convention ...

it's important to be well versed in the ideas of all prominent progressives ... I've seen some real movement in the Kerry campaign over the last month or so ... there seems to be a new energy that i hadn't seen before ... and, call it politically expedient if you must, but his vote against the $87 billion was, for me, a real acknowledgement that Kerry "gets it" about the madness going on in Iraq ...

I was prepared to dismiss him because of his IWR vote but i've come to see him as one of our top chances to beat bush ... I think that when it boils down to just plain old knowledge of the issues, Kerry is clearly one of the top tier guys ... style and momentum are great, but there's no substitute for real knowledge when it comes to debating ... it could be the difference between winning and losing ... and let's face it, we can't afford to lose ...

your post has the "right" tone that we all should be receptive to ... it's not just about whether you support Kerry or whether you support Dean ... we need to win ... and if you're in one camp or the other today, it would still be foolish to not view both of these guys and their ideas as our best hope ... we still have time to sort thru the details ... let's use that time to make sure we get the best, and the strongest, possible candidate ...

the time for negative campaigning is over ... let's take the best ideas of all the candidates and weave them into a platform that can win ...

keep your minds open, DU'ers ... it OK to support one candidate and still keep your mind open to all the candidates ... who knows who will ultimately be our best chance for victory ...

from a bob dylan song:

come writers and critics who prophesize with your pens
and keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again
and don't speak to soon cause the wheel's still in spin
and there's no telling who that it's naming ...
and the losers now may be later to win
for the times they are a changing