http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/01/20/unraveling-the-gephardt-enigma/ E AHO LA'ULA Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:38:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/01/20/unraveling-the-gephardt-enigma/#comment-185 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/01/20/unraveling-the-gephardt-enigma/#comment-185 I think you can add a #4 to that list: because Gephardt sat back and basically said and did nothing while the Ashcroft Republicans took over the state in the '90s. I think you can add a #4 to that list: because Gephardt sat back and basically said and did nothing while the Ashcroft Republicans took over the state in the ’90s.

]]> http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/01/20/unraveling-the-gephardt-enigma/#comment-186 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/01/20/unraveling-the-gephardt-enigma/#comment-186 And #5: When Gephardt did show fire, he showed House of Representatives fire, not presidential candidate fire. House Rep fire is general indignation towards the ruin that the other party is bringing upon the middle class of America, and it's full of snark and venom. Presidential candidate fire is indignation towards what the other guy is offering, and it's full of disapproval, hope, and chutzpah. Dean had the market cornered on indignation, so much so that it turned into a negative. Gephardt went right at Dean as if he was Tom DeLay. Kerry, OTOH, treated Dean like he was Dubya, and used that disapproval to say hey, I am a damn better presidential candidate than Dean because I WILL BE PRESIDENT because I SOUND LIKE MAYOR QUIMBY. Iowans bought it because, let's face it, when was the last time anyone showed up in Iowa sounding presidential? And #5: When Gephardt did show fire, he showed House of Representatives fire, not presidential candidate fire. House Rep fire is general indignation towards the ruin that the other party is bringing upon the middle class of America, and it’s full of snark and venom. Presidential candidate fire is indignation towards what the other guy is offering, and it’s full of disapproval, hope, and chutzpah. Dean had the market cornered on indignation, so much so that it turned into a negative. Gephardt went right at Dean as if he was Tom DeLay. Kerry, OTOH, treated Dean like he was Dubya, and used that disapproval to say hey, I am a damn better presidential candidate than Dean because I WILL BE PRESIDENT because I SOUND LIKE MAYOR QUIMBY. Iowans bought it because, let’s face it, when was the last time anyone showed up in Iowa sounding presidential?

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