Thursday, February 19, 2004
Post Pullout Assessments
The world for a Campaign the day after their candidate pulls out is one of goofing and hugging and generally looking forward. That's surely the case for everyone at Dean for America today. A lunch with Ho-Ho turns into a snowball fight. People packing up and getting ready to move out, largely over the weekend. And the amorphous nature of claiming that a new PAC will remain in place of the once frontrunner's operation has most folks pondering just where they may fit in. I'll stick around because I still believe in the general mission that brought me to Dean in the first place. Not everyone's got the luxury of doing so. U-Haul's getting lots of bizness doing a drive-away from the Burshizzle to be sure.
Howie's announcement yesterday hit all the right chords. A nice full room, loads of free and uncritical media, tearful staff, a hint of short-lived nostalgia, and a solitary crazy Green Party protester out front carrying a sign saying "The Doctor is Sick." There have been some unkind post-mortems today that have tried to write a quick history on this alleged "movement" before the Candidate as Corpse is cooled - the USA Today assessment is the harshest but possibly the most accurate. All the grander assessments will take a bit longer.
The world for a Campaign the day after their candidate pulls out is one of goofing and hugging and generally looking forward. That's surely the case for everyone at Dean for America today. A lunch with Ho-Ho turns into a snowball fight. People packing up and getting ready to move out, largely over the weekend. And the amorphous nature of claiming that a new PAC will remain in place of the once frontrunner's operation has most folks pondering just where they may fit in. I'll stick around because I still believe in the general mission that brought me to Dean in the first place. Not everyone's got the luxury of doing so. U-Haul's getting lots of bizness doing a drive-away from the Burshizzle to be sure.
Howie's announcement yesterday hit all the right chords. A nice full room, loads of free and uncritical media, tearful staff, a hint of short-lived nostalgia, and a solitary crazy Green Party protester out front carrying a sign saying "The Doctor is Sick." There have been some unkind post-mortems today that have tried to write a quick history on this alleged "movement" before the Candidate as Corpse is cooled - the USA Today assessment is the harshest but possibly the most accurate. All the grander assessments will take a bit longer.
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