I'm not sold on Dean -- his record is FAR more centrist than he's pitching himself as, particularly to groups like MoveOn and other grassroots organizations that will work to get his campaign going, and that pisses me off. If he gets the nomination, he'll suddenly start with the moderate spiel.

It's a familiar pattern and one that I am deeply suspicious of, because the folks that work hard on the campaign early on inevitably get shut out by the end. I hope I'm wrong.

Which is not to say that I don't support a relatively centrist candidate as the most likely guy or gal to get the job done, and Dean seems to have a strong direction compass without being unable to compromise enough to get the job done. I just don't want to be lied to about it.