Reply #14: I'm amazed by Dean's fundraising, but not impressed by his message [View All]

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AP, I really agree with your post here. In many ways, I am very impressed by Dean, and I'll freely admit he's changed the way Democrats will work from now on. He figured out how to work around McCain-Feingold and his breadth of donors is amazing, even if it is all upper middle class white people - he's still done it better and more progressive than anyone else.

I also really like Dean's position on the second amendment, as a strong supporter of gun rights, but other than that he seems to be a typical DLC-style Republican-Lite, supporting deregulation and privatization, with little if any populist message.

I'll certainly vote for Edwards or Gephardt over Dean or Kerry, but I'm still pulling for Kucinich, maybe I'm an idealist after all :)