Could it be....

That there's a reason other than Howard Dean's various positions on various issues (or his various positions on the same issue, for that matter) or his sparkling personality for his dramatic rise in the national polls? After all, just a short while ago, Joe Lieberman held the top spot in all the national surveys, and everyone dismissed it as a simple case of name familiarity.

So how did HoHo get so high so fast? The fine folks at Irregular Times offer a hint.



It couldn't be months of uncritical press coverage focused on process over policy, could it?

Well, yes, it could.