Dean

If you're a blogger sitting in Berkeley, Philadelphia or New York, it's easy to write that Democrats should stop castigating Dean for what were pretty innocuous comments concerning the nearly monolithic Republican demographic. And I'm all for defending Dean on that count. But please, please, try to imagine yourself the Democrat Governor of Virginia, or a wannabe Senator from Tennessee, and you read that your party Chairman thinks "Most Republicans haven't earned an honest days living in their life" or "I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for." Would you expect your constituents, many of whom are Republican, to dismiss these comments as simply tough, partisan rhetoric, or would you expect that maybe, maybe some might ask you about them. In fact, they might just ask whether you agree with Dean. Now, if you're one of these guys, what would your response be? Just asking...

...Just as a follow up. Of course you all are aware that no matter how much money you raise on your blogs for the DNC, if Dean keeps making these sort of comments he will lose his chairmanship. Just stating the facts.