Gore to Endorse Dean

[Ryan]

I was actually comparing Dean to Reagan, not Carter, in as much as Democrats were giddy about the possibility of a Reagan nomination in 1980 because he was so far to the right that he'd drive the party off the cliff and the moderate incumbent Carter would win reelection in a cakewalk.

True........its not the supposed extremism of a candidate that counts but how he is perceived. In politics as in Marketing "Perception is Reality" and most swing voters have not yet formed an opinion of Dean.