Comments on: DEMOCRATIC NIGHTMARES http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/democratic_nightmares/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:01:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Scott Harris http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/democratic_nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-8141 Scott Harris Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3897#comment-8141 I don't think George Will's point is that Dean would have a good chance of beating Bush as an independent. Rather, his point is that Democrats who fear a Dean disaster if Dean is nominated by the Democratic party have failed to consider the disaster that might occur within their party if the chooses to alienate their die-hard core constituency by orchestrating events to deny Dean the nomination. I don't think George Will's point is that Dean would have a good chance of beating Bush as an independent. Rather, his point is that Democrats who fear a Dean disaster if Dean is nominated by the Democratic party have failed to consider the disaster that might occur within their party if the chooses to alienate their die-hard core constituency by orchestrating events to deny Dean the nomination.

]]> By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/democratic_nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-8142 James Joyner Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3897#comment-8142 Scott, Right. I should have been clearer. Dean isn't a novelty candidate--he really wants to win. Aside from some really strange move by the party elite to deny him a nomination he has won in the primaries, I can't imagine what would motivate him to mount a losing independent candidacy. --- Scott,

Right. I should have been clearer. Dean isn't a novelty candidate--he really wants to win. Aside from some really strange move by the party elite to deny him a nomination he has won in the primaries, I can't imagine what would motivate him to mount a losing independent candidacy.

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