Inside the Media - The Dean Press Bus Now

Jay Carson, a Dean spokesman, said the candidate has "laughed off" his much-mocked Iowa yelling as "an excited moment. The real question is, why are we talking for the fourth day in a row about less than 30 seconds of a speech in Iowa when there are 9 million Americans unemployed, 43 million Americans without health insurance and people are dying in Iraq?"

For all the signs of a struggling campaign, some media veterans are urging caution. Ron Brownstein of the Los Angeles Times said the Iowa bounce that seems to be propelling Kerry past Dean in New Hampshire has often proven short-lived.

Dean "could fall through the floor, or he could be poised for a Clinton-like finish here," Brownstein said. "The difference is most candidates have not blown themselves up on national television."

Still, he said, "you can go overboard. We need to be really sensitive to not writing him off prematurely."

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