Why is Howard Dean not running?

[Alpharetta]

Seriously. I still think he'd be the best candidate we have. He's proved himself as governor and he's proved himself as having political courage. Why is he not in the campaign?

[Larkspur]

1. Because he promised that he would not run for Prez if he became the DNC Chair

Howard is a man of his word.

[wyldwolf]

2. he'd be too polarizing. (Please understand the irony before you post the obvious reply)

[ChenZhen]

3. What about Dodd? Hes way more polarizing!

[wyldwolf]

4. heh! Every now and then I'm surprised by a post.

[yurbud]

5. he got the message the first time--if you're not a tool of corporations, don't you dare try to grab

the steering wheel.

Dean was lucky he was only taken out with character assassination.

[saracat]

6. Because the DLC don't like him.He is doing more with his 50 state strategy

than they have done in years to get candidates elected. They do not like that he is leveling the playing field. They want to play by the same old rules and concentrate power in a few areas.

[rox63]

7. The chair of the DNC can't run

And he's doing a lot of good for the country and the Dem Party as the head of the DNC. I suspect there may be another Presidential campaign in his future. But not in 2008.

[MethuenProgressive]

8. Yeeehaaawww!!

Sometimes the most important things swing on the trivial.

[cali]

9. You mean they swing on trumped up bullshit n/t

[MethuenProgressive]

10. That too.

[Rhythm and Blue]

12. That was a complete fabrication. He clearly said, "hyaaw!"

Damn biased media.

[rjones2818]

11. Because he was hoping for a brokered convention...

where the party would come to him as it's savior. He, of course, forgot about Al Gore.

:evilgrin:

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[LuvMyPorsche]

13. I think

he SHOULD be in.