"I want to be a uniter...

...not a divider." George Bush said that. Of course, he didn't mean it in the way it's turned out. He's united almost every traditional America ally in opposition to our foreign policy, and he's united a huge block of voters in the Anybody But Bush brigade with his foolishness at home and abroad.

He's been so good at it that we have a real chance of removing him from the White House next year. To do it, though, we need to keep our eyes on the prize and bring the Democratic Party together with a positive focus on the future that will attract the independent voters we need for a national victory.

Emphasis on "bring the Democratic Party together." That's the necessary first step.
That's why we need to pick a nominee carefully. This time we need a real uniter. That's also why I continue to invest hope in the Stop Dean movement. He's had enough success, and been declared the front runner in enough quarters, that it's high time he took responsibility as a national leader with a duty to unite the Party, but just take a look at the Des Moines Register's summary of the theme's struck by the top three contender's at the Iowa Democratic Dinner this weekend...

"Kerry did not use the platform Saturday to criticize Dean, whom he trails in Iowa and New Hampshire. Instead, he offered his sharpest attack to date on President Bush."

"Gephardt stuck to his campaign's basic themes, calling Bush "the vanishing president."

"Dean...continued as he has for a year to criticize his rivals, including Kerry, Edwards, Gephardt and Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman."

There are people who get paid to criticize Democrats, Dr. Dean. They're called Republicans.