Dean failing to raise DNC funds

[The Duke]

It doesn't matter if he broke the fundraising record, since those records are basically broken all over again each time around.  What matters i that the Dems had caught up to the Reps in fundraising and have now fallen far behind.

The difference between Dean and Mehlman as the two Party Chairs is a microchosm of why Republicans are winning and Democrats are losing.  An ideologue celebrity-pol elected with great fanfare and speculation who has no idea how to do his job or Mehlman, a professional politi-nerd whose election was barely noticed and hardly talked speculated about who rakes in the dough and knows how to run an organization.

[The Duke]

factor,

The reason those who said Iraq was the most important issue voted Kerry is because almost any pro-war person would say that Iraq is part of the war on terrorism, so they said terrorism was most important.  Only those who think Iraq is not part of war on terrorism said Iraq was the most important issue.  This makes those concerned with iraq a self selected sample of people already categorized as suspicious of the Iraq War before they're even asked who they voted for.

Flyers,

Dean won't run Edwards because even Dean isn't tat stupid.  Edwards approval ratings in NC are about 40% or so.