Mickey Kaus writes:

Why Joe Lieberman and John Edwards Love Howard Dean: TNR's estimable Ryan Lizza notes,

Just as Kerry is threatened by Dean in Kerry's must-win state of New Hampshire, Gephardt is threatened by Dean in Gephardt's must-win state of Iowa.

So Dean could knock off two big Dems before expiring on cue in the conservative South. That's the plan, anyway. (italics mine)

It's a possibility, I know. I think that Dean's high rating with the NRA could offset whatever damage his war stance and (possibly) his gay rights stances would cause in the South; it's guns guns guns down there. And by the way, last I checked it's not the Dem's who base their entire electoral strategy on the South, is it?