Ah yes, the mainstream media answer. Nerd, I watch tv news too. You aren't saying anything that Dan Rather and Peter Jennings haven't already told me, or that I haven't read in the NYT or Washington Post.

And frankly, I don't think they know what the hell they are talking about.

Again, a meeting, a lot of fanfare, no endorsement. That doesn't exactly scream "unity" to me. Edwards endorsed Kerry the night he lost, as did Gephardt and Lieberman.

Dean is holding out for a reason. We don't know what the reason is, any more than the pundits do. We are all speculating. But to say "it's just a matter of setting the proper time" isn't an explanation for why the time wasn't the day he dropped out, like it was for all the other candidates.

There is something else going on. I'm not saying that Dean isn't going to endorse Kerry. I'm just wondering when he will do it, and why he hasn't done it yet. It is obvious that Dean won't be the #2 on the ticket, so he actually has an incentive for holding out until the convention. That isn't exactly unheard of in the world of politics.