is the nature of the crowd. Perhaps my biggest problem with a Dean candidacy is that he does not seem to have strong links or appeal to African Americans. Not to say that Kerry has them either, but I think more so than Dean.

This also gets to one of the big flaws of Dean's electoral strategy getting on board sundry disaffected libertarians and greens doesn't amount to much in the end.

Again, we'll see soon enough where the African American vote goes. For my mind, this is the main reason why NH and Iowa should not come first.

Ben P