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Helping the Dems commit suicide

[Anonymous Coward]

If Republicans want to make sure President Bush is reelected next year the best thing they can do is to get online and contribute $20 - to Howard Dean's campaign . You think I'm joking?

Dean's phenomenally successful fundraising efforts this past quarter have catapulted him into the top tier of Democratic candidates and make him a legitimate threat to win the nomination. Despite the best efforts of Bruce Reed, Al From, and other DLCers to snap the party out of its current bout of hysteria, a growing portion of the base is looking more and more content with getting on the Dean train and riding it straight over the cliff . Republicans should be happy to give them a shove.

By contributing millions of dollars to Dean's campaign over the next few months, Republicans can ensure the good doctor stays at the top of the pack and has as loud a megaphone as possible. Another $7 million quarter and Dean will be well positioned to win Iowa and to spend whatever's necessary to beat Kerry in New Hampshire.

Don't worry, helping Dean isn't going to hurt President Bush: he just scooped up $34 million in the last six weeks and is on track to raise something close to $200 million for his reelection bid. Besides, allocating a small percentage of resources to try and engineer the best possible match up in the general election is smart politics - just ask Gray Davis. And George Bush is no Gray Davis.

Tossing a few million Dean's way to help propel him to the nomination will be money well spent: the guy is flat out unelectable. He was against the war, has no military or foreign policy experience and doesn't even know how many people are in the U.S Armed Forces. He's against tax cuts. He's sort of against the death penalty and sort of for gay marriage - though it's tough to tell because his positions continue to "evolve" and he doesn't offer direct answers.

If the economy improves over the coming year - and the indications are that it's going to - Dean will be lucky to win Vermont in 2004. And after his recent appearance on Meet the Press, you'd have to consider George W. Bush to be the favorite in any debate.

So I'm off to Howard Dean's website to chip in twenty beans. I suggest you do the same. Political parties only commit suicide every so often, and if the Dems have decided they're going to stick their head in the oven in 2004, I'm ready to pony up a few bucks for a chance to watch it happen.