We need someone who can appeal to the young people
Which Young People? The Young People who propelled Dean to victory in Iowa or the hordes of first time voters who came out as promised to vote Kerry into office?
So why did he lose the primaries, if he was so inline with ordinary Dems? and furthermore why does he lambaste one half of the party by charging that their "Republicans Lite" and the "Republican Wing of the Democratic Party"?
Who has backed down to it? If your talking about negativity Dean coupled a condescending attitude towards voters who didn't accept some of his liberal positions with a deeply negative and divisive attitude towards other Democrats.