A Lean, Mean Fighting Machine: Why Dean Deserves Nomination

There's a reason why Kerry, and Lieberman and Gephardt, aren't appearing on a landslide of newsmagazine covers, and that's because they don't have Dean's charm. Some voters will love him, and some will love to hate him, but both the DNC and RNC would do well to notice how quickly -- and vividly -- this man's captured American minds.

He's an energetic man, Dean. He gets out there, gets sweaty, and gets tough. Peace, for him, is something worth fighting for, and he's the only Democrat with the tenacity to do so. Kerry and Gephardt couldn't do it. John Edwards, Bob Graham, and Wesley Clark couldn't do it, either. These men don't appear to believe what they're preaching; Dean does. The man's on fire, and he makes his opponents look like wax museum rejects by comparison -- which is to say they can't hold a candle to him, or else they'll get burned.

EL - Some on the right are spoiling for a fight from Dean - Bring'em on.