The Democrat’s Dillemma. . .

Although this article comes from the Christian Science Monitor, it is a pretty even handed analysis of the consequences of a Dean nomination for president. . . and it’s effects:

In the wider Democratic universe, however, the prospect of a Dean nomination has sent some party members into paroxysms of private hand-wringing. Not only do they see him losing badly to Bush, they also see Dean hurting Democratic candidates further down on the ticket – rippling into congressional races, and possibly even boosting Republican control of the 100-seat Senate close to the crucial threshold of 60 seats, which would make it filibuster-proof.

Mr. Rothenberg adds that this sense of unease probably mirrors some concern in the Democratic establishment that Dean is too much of an outsider, that he’s too angry and can be painted as too far left.

The only friend of Howard Dean at this point would be complacency on the part of the GOP. But no worries. . . Karl Rove was right – we want this guy!