Howard Dean’s campaign ads in the Vermont race for Governor showed up on all of our cable border stations, and they were annoying enough. I’m really not looking forward to seeing Dean’s face plastered all over a massive presidential campaign… as it now looks like it might be.
If Al Gore’s endorsement propels Howard Dean to victory in the Democratic primaries, as many pundits are suggesting it will, then next November, the American public will be faced with a choice even more polarized than in 2000, when Gore himself ran against Bush:
Mr. Dean hopes the endorsement also eases concerns among party leaders about his lack of foreign-policy experience, testy temperament, policy flip-flops, campaign miscues and edgy anti-war, anti-establishment message.
“What this says is that all these Washington insiders who have been gnashing their teeth, wringing their hands and clinging to their cocktail cups can relax now. Dean’s been knighted by the ultimate insider,” Democratic consultant Dean Strother said. “It’s game, set and match. It’s over.”
Well, game and set, perhaps. But personally, I don’t think it will be “match” until we see who Bill Clinton chooses to endorse.