[Bartman387]

I think this is very telling as to how sad both the democratic party and the state of US politics are.

Dean (DNC chair) doesn't seem to understand or want to admit that personality and style play huge roles in elections, and would rather pretend that it's only about the issues. While I don't agree that this is how our president should be picked, it would be very comforting to hear Dean say, "It's probably true that most people do vote for the most charismatic, however I think this line of thinking is what got us Bush, so the democrats would rather find someone with substance rather than style." Instead, we get pretty inauthentic mushy-mouthed talk that has plagued the dems in congress this session.

I think it shows that as much of a lead the dems should have coming into '08, the election will be much closer than people think, do to, among many things, their horrible leadership.