January 23, 2004
Wire Service Crap
MSNBC - Democrats stress own strengths in polite debateDean said he was simply trying to have fun with his supporters."I lead with my heart and not my head," he said, an explanation that will hardly ease concerns about his ability to lead the nation under fire.
His advisers privately acknowledge that Dean needs a victory Tuesday to salvage his campaign. The candidate himself didn't go quite that far but, with his confidence shaken, pleaded for help to keep aspirations alive.
This is another example of a staff-written, no-byline wire article being written with the voice of an opinion columnist. Dean never admitted to the authors of this article that his confidence was shaken. The context of his heart-not-head statement was about how he is on the campaign trail, not about how he would make important decisions on behalf of the nation. This sort of thing makes me sick.