{"id":259,"date":"2004-01-10T09:40:17","date_gmt":"2004-01-10T15:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/?p=259"},"modified":"2005-02-04T10:12:00","modified_gmt":"2005-02-04T08:12:00","slug":"the-pragmatic-winner-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2004\/01\/10\/the-pragmatic-winner-is\/","title":{"rendered":"the pragmatic winner is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-deanstyle9jan09,1,5518061.story?coll=la-headlines-nation\" target=\"_blank\">Dean Exudes Pragmatism, Not Personality<\/a> &#8211; is what I&#8217;m saying.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A1966-2004Jan8.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Balance Sheet for Dean<\/a> &#8211; but he needs to think a bit before he speaks<\/p>\n<p>Still, this is good: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.deanforamerica.com\/archives\/003041.html\" target=\"_blank\">Senator Harkin Endorses Dean<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, a fantastic candidate has some wise words of caution that my pick (Dean) should give a listen to: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theunionleader.com\/articles_showa.html?article=31316\" target=\"_blank\">Kucinich: &#8216;Anger&#8217; doesn&#8217;t work<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dean Exudes Pragmatism, Not Personality &#8211; is what I&#8217;m saying. The Balance Sheet for Dean &#8211; but he needs to think a bit before he speaks Still, this is good: Senator Harkin Endorses Dean And, a fantastic candidate has some wise words of caution that my pick (Dean) should give a listen to: Kucinich: &#8216;Anger&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9blZT-4b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":147,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/26\/defining-dean\/","url_meta":{"origin":259,"position":0},"title":"defining Dean","author":"nathaniel","date":"26 August 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"If you haven't noticed. I really like Howard Dean - and believe he has a real chance at the US presidency (I also like Kucinich and Moseley Braun, but don't think they can swing the votes). Read this: Defining Dean And there's this little one, for those who think he\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;news and politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"news and politics","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/category\/news-and-politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":120,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2003\/07\/26\/grow-up-or-lose-the-election-and-i-dont-want-you-to\/","url_meta":{"origin":259,"position":1},"title":"grow up or lose the election &#8211; and i don&#8217;t want you to","author":"nathaniel","date":"26 July 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"This article, entitled, \"Dean Defense Forces: Lobbing E-mail at the Enemy,\" scares me a bit. On the one hand, it's nice to have a Dean Defense League. On the other, it winds up painting a picture of Dean that we may not want. Howard Dean's supposedly all-encompassing liberal stance is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;news and politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"news and politics","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/category\/news-and-politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":170,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/04\/dean-spots\/","url_meta":{"origin":259,"position":2},"title":"Dean spots","author":"nathaniel","date":"04 August 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, Dean is on the covers of Time, Newsweek, and US News &amp World Report. The articles, respectively, are: TIME.com: The Dean Factor -- Aug. 11, 2003 The Left's Mr. Right? U.S. News: Howard Dean isn't afraid of the president, so why are Democrats afraid of Dean? 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However, they do miss one point: See, they are saying that if Clark runs in the primary, he'll likely\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;news and politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"news and politics","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/category\/news-and-politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":169,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/04\/the-passion-of-the-dean\/","url_meta":{"origin":259,"position":4},"title":"the passion of the Dean","author":"nathaniel","date":"04 August 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"TIME Magazine: The Cool Passion of Dr. Dean More interview... U.S. News: Interview with Howard Dean (8\/11\/03) A bit more on Dean the Conservative (washingtonpost.com) THIS is just plain weird","rel":"","context":"In &quot;news and politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"news and politics","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/category\/news-and-politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":159,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/12\/various\/","url_meta":{"origin":259,"position":5},"title":"various","author":"nathaniel","date":"12 August 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Politics:Is this a Dean break, nathaniel? 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