Ha, ha, Fionn. Thanks for making me smile.

Dean is probably getting the "too liberal" label because he opposed the way Bush went in to Iraq, and because while he was governor, Vermont established legal civil unions for gay and lesbian couples. The criticism of Bush's Iraq policy is the big one that irks the Demopublicans.

Dean "got the job done" in Vermont, with Republicans opposing him. He created jobs, got health care coverage for those previously uninsured, took the leadership to help family farms and organic farming, revitalizing the centers of rural towns...