[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

You guys gotta give Dean some credit here. He's going right at the GOP's gut here, restraining government spending, an issue that usually causes Dems problems.

We all know that Dean is a whackjob, of course. However, there's no denying that Bush hasn't vetoed a single bill. Even excluding Homeland Security and military spending, he's still allowed the biggest increase in federal spending since fellow Texan LBJ.

Dean is trying to demoralize rank-and-file conservatives, hoping that they'll stay home in 2006.

[Past Your Eyes]

I could not agree with you more, EEE. Good post.

[George W. Bush]

Dean is trying to demoralize rank-and-file conservatives, hoping that they'll stay home in 2006.

It is a little difficult to imagine how Dean could demoralize them if Bush and the GOP haven't succeeded yet.

I think Dean has a target. Probably conservative Dems and independents in industrial states like OH/MI/PA. He's trying to peel them off.