Salon.com’s main article today is about Wesley Clark and his chances of getting the Democratic nomination. It has some interesting stuff about Clark vs. Dean. (To read the whole article, and the rest of the site, click on the Salon Daypass and you’ll have free access to everything for the day.)

I’ve been thinking more about Dean lately, and I admit, the excitement about him is contagious. I don’t watch much TV, but I watched most of the Democratic presidential debate last night (the only no-show was Al Sharpton, who apparently was stuck in New York due to thunderstorms). Dean was fun to watch. Forceful (maybe a bit too strident, but I’m going to watch some video of him here for a comparison). Dennis “Hello?” Kucinich is too goofy to be president. Gephardt’s boring. I can’t stand Lieberman and his pandering. Kerry was fortunately more forceful than I’d recalled him being. Moseley-Braun’s elegant, but no chance. Graham, whatever. Edwards, I liked him a few months ago, but he seems like a lightweight now. Aren’t you glad I’m making these decisions on substantive criteria?

This is gonna be fun.
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