Too Sober Dean Speech

Excellent, but he let the criticism get to him and toned too far down. Crowd loved it.

The former Vermont governor accepted his second-place finish in New Hampshire on Tuesday with restraint and pronounced it good enough to propel him forward toward the Democratic presidential nomination.

He was careful to avoid any of the theatrics that accompanied his screaming arm-waving speech a week earlier in Iowa, where he finished a distant third.

"Stand with us until the very end, which is January 20, 2005," Dean told New Hampshire campaign workers. "We are going to win the nomination."

While Kerry had a 3-1 lead among those who decided in the last week, Dean and Kerry were about even among those who decided in the last three days, suggesting Dean was able to stop his slide.

I think he missed his opportunity to show the floor video to a national audience and launch a truth campaign., "In my imperfect way I am running to give this country back to you, to give the truth back to you."