How has Howard Dean managed to rise so far so fast? Well, it ain't just Bush bashing and the Internet, as so many of his detractors would have you believe. Here's a telling tidbit from Chris Suellentrop's debate recap in Slate.
After the debate's testy exchange between Lieberman and Howard Dean over Israel policy, in the "spin room" Howard Dean unveils a peace proposal that I hadn't heard from him before: The president needs to "swallow his pride" and send "the two men who have done more for Israel" over the past 50 years than any other Americans -- Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter -- to the Middle East to negotiate a peace settlement.
Perfect. Just absolutely pitch perfect. All Democratic foreign policy erogenous zones present, accounted for, and lightly but lovingly attended to. Whatever you think of Dr. Dean, there's just no getting around the fact that he's running one helluva smart campaign.
Posted by Jack O'Toole on September 10, 2003 11:07 AMHe sure is. And I'm a Kerry supporter. I thought Dean's comments on Israel during the debate were the closest thing I've heard to a fresh idea on that quagmire in my life. Lieberman wants the status quo? Why?
Posted by: cazart on September 12, 2003 02:36 PM