Surprise For NYT: BERNIE IS ELECTABLE!

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1. Dean was a rival until the scream, which was early. After that, it was Edwards. I don't know if they'd have done better, but could they really have done worse? Failure should be sufficient reason to discard electability as a moronic plan. That doesn't mean pick just anybody, but if you're seriously arguing electability between two or more fully qualified candidates, you're playing to lose.

2. Oh please on the attack bit. There's a difference between running 1.5 years of attack ads to unseat a senator with lukewarm support (Kay Hagan) and calling out George Dumbass Bush on his repeated lies. Millions thought he was an honest man with whom they simply disagreed. They were completely clueless to the fact that he was, and is, a pathological liar. Kerry chose to let him continue to be seen as honest, or honest enough, and it cost us. Bright move that was.

As for whether attacks "play in Peoria," only a fool would claim they don't. Thom Tillis ain't a US senator without 1.5 years of them. Bush doesn't get that second term without the Swiftboaters. His dirtbag father doesn't get elected without Willie Horton. If you're really a member of the "reality based community," that much should be clear as day.