No, it'd be President Howard Dean, M.D. like all his pretensious press releases are signed. But to me, he'll be President Howard the Duck because he's all wet.

He's making himself look like a whiny ass. As opposed to the normal ass he usually resembles.

Behavior like that probably won't have any effect on his core group of supporters, but anyone leaning Democrat, but as yet undecided, is not likely to be wooed by such unseemly conduct.

Given the Democrat's anti-gun propensity, I find it rather ironic that they manage to shoot themselves in the foot with such regularity.

These's only one way to settle this...

A steel cage match with Clinton and McAuliffe against Gore and Dean. The forum of professional wrestling would give the Democrats the gravitas and credibility that they've been lacking since the party was taken over by liberal interest groups and reactionary crazies.

Come on, wouldn't James Carville make a great ringside manager?

If Dean becomes president we'll have a lot more important things to worry about than what he should be called, but since you asked, demented comes to mind.

The survival of the human race would be the top of the list of worrying aspects of a,God forbid, Dean presidency.

Agnostics, Atheists, Buddhists, Hindis, Sikhs, Muslims, Shintos, Christians of all denominations, Jews (reform, conservative and orthodox), practioners of any and all
American Indian religions, Druids, Pagans, and Fire Worshipers start praying.

If I left anybody out, please forgive me. It wasn't intentional, so you start praying too.

Being a sulky, whiny, resentful bastard didn't end Nixon's career, don't know why it should end Dean's.

Angie:

In and of itself, there's no reason being a sulky, whiny, resentful bastard should end Dean's career.

HOWEVER, that same swr bastard was also running AGAINST George McGovern.

The question, therefore, is whether George McGovern, if he were a swr bastard, would have done better or worse against Tricky Dick.

Also, Nixon, I would venture, was a far better politician, including working the innards of the GOP, than Dean is.

Actually, I am wondering what the NY Times will call him -- just plain Dean, Dr. Dean or President Dean? Since they only use President Bush once in a story and from then on it is just Bush -- a la CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC. Of course, I am sure they are following the "style" book.

But, is it just me or is this game of politics getting even more juvenile than ever?

HOWEVER, that same swr bastard was also running AGAINST George McGovern.

And JFK (a very narrow defeat). And Hubert Humphrey.

Nixon was always a swr bastard; that didn't start in '72.

My main point was that Dean's crypto-threat to pick up his fans and go home sounded a little like "you won't have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore". After which, Nixon's career tragically failed to end.

Ohh, Mike Celebrity Death Match -Gore/Dean v Clinton/McAuliffe.

And right before the primaries.

I was talking to the chair of Oklahoma's Democratic Party today and asked him how much damage control the Dems are going to have to do once the primary season is over.

He didn't seem too concerned about it, played it off as politics as usual... but I don't see it. There's so much fodder for Republicans to use once a candidate has been picked.

One thing for sure, it's really kind of fun to watch a political party implode on itself.

>Especially that last line I quoted, where Dean practically threatens to take his bat and ball home if he doesn't get his way.

What are you talking about? All Dean is saying is that some of the voters he's attracting will not be attracted to people like Lieberman or Gephardt.

Lets not project too much onto this.