Dean implodes

I agree with this post, Sorrow, Schadenfreude, and Skyrocketing from Fraydog Blog Log: "I'm kind of depressed about Dean's showing in Iowa right now. I was kind of hoping that he was going to be the nominee, for real."

I too was hoping that Dean would be nominated because he had no chance, but yesterday was a very bad day for Dr. Dean. Placing third was bad enough--though it was something he could have come back from. However that speech was a total meltdown. Can you imagine ANY of our past presidents delivering a speech like that? First, it suggested a level of denial. Second, he seemed to be making a purely emotional plea to his base while coming off as virtually insane to those that he needs to win over just to win the nomination, let alone the general election. National Review does a good job surveying the wreckage.

I'm not happy about it, but it was one of the most remarkable performances I can remember seeing since General James Stockdale accepted the VP slot from the Reform party in 1992.

Apparently the Dean blog crowd is blaming the "right-wing" but Dean has no one to blame for this but himself.