Isn’t it more than somewhat ridiculous that such an important, embryonic The one redeeming feature we can see in the current set-up is that we \n This was the event I was most interested in seeing today. I wanted Can he and his supporters maintain their energy and organization? Will footnote: After seeing footage of several Dean appearances in NH today, from Talking Points<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Josh Marshall over at Talking Points went up to New Hampshire today to see how the Dean Team is taking their setback. For the next week the three ring political circus which our Presidential primary process has become will be … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/deanpancake.jpg\")
Josh
\n Marshall over at Talking
\n Points<\/a> went up to New Hampshire today
\n to see how the Dean Team is taking their setback. For the next week the
\n three ring political circus which our Presidential primary process has
\n become will be at perhaps its quadrennial high point, as the risen strive
\n to stay aloft, the fallen desperately scramble for redemption and resurrection,
\n and the also-rans become increasingly unhinged as they seek an exposed,
\n high and conductive spot to wait for a lightning bolt from the blue.<\/p>\n
\n stage of the political process in the strongest and
\n most
\n sophisticated
\n nation in the world is dependent on a tiny, unrepresentative sliver of
\n the national demographic? It is utterly conceivable to the Dowbrigade
\n that a deserving, potentially winning candidate on a national scale might
\n possible fly over, or under, or around the radar screen in Iowa and New
\n Hampshire and never reach the latter stages of the campaign. Such a candidate,
\n perhaps even The
\n One<\/a> (for a true internet-based constituency would certainly
\n concentrate
\n its
\n appeal,
\n at
\n least in the
\n early stages, in the wired centers far from the fields of these early
\n events) would not stand a chance.<\/p>\n
\n get to see these guys in action; under stress, working 19 hour days,
\n surrounded by shrieking aides, pollsters, media experts, internet advisors,
\n money raisers and local ward heelers, and constantly pursued by a howling
\n pack of mad-dog press with a taste for blood and the scent of fear. To
\n see, as Josh puts it, how they "take a punch". Anyway,
\n here’s the story…<\/p>\n\n
\n to see if Dean — and just as much his supporters — could take
\n a punch.
\n Last night was one helluva punch.<\/p>\n
\n they lose morale? The flip side of bringing in new blood is that they
\n may not have a lot of campaign experience. They may not be able to
\n keep up
\n their focus when things get rough. Just think what it was like to keep
\n working away for Kerry six weeks ago …<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n including the one Josh was at, it seems obvious that the Doctor’s doctors
\n have placed him on a heavy regimen of anti-psychotic drugs, maybe Trifluoperazine
\n or perhaps even Chlorpromazine hydrochloride. Lets hope that over
\n the next few days they find the right dosage.<\/p>\n