Howard Dean's Rhetoric

Democrats tells Howard Dean to tone down the rhetoric after his recent inflammatory remarks.

Political analysts agreed that Dean's recent comments could hurt Democrats. "Every time he makes an outrageous remark, other Democratic leaders have to answer questions about it," said John J. Pitney Jr., a political scientist at Claremont McKenna College. "So instead of talking about their best issues, they're talking about their loose cannon.

"He's throwing them off message."

"We really don't have a message right now," Harry Ford (D-TN) lamented.

With no message, solutions, or alternatives, the only diversionary tactic left is vitriolic rhetoric and invective.

The messenger has no message other than "I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for".

Toned down or not, the message is clear.
Dean's days as DNC Chair are surely numbered.