The Dueling Nightmares: Nominating Howard Dean, a fire-breathing New England liberal, might be dangerous for Democrats but less so than not nominating him.

Publication: Newsweek

Publication Date: 24-NOV-03

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Byline: George F. Will

Everyone who embarks on the pursuit of a party's presidential nomination must, as in John Milton's gloomy words, "scorn delights, and live laborious days." By last week, all the Democratic candidates except Howard Dean must have wondered why they were doing this.

Well, perhaps not the three antic candidates. Dennis Kucinich, Carol Moseley Braun and Al Sharpton are having the kind of fun that comes to those who, never having expected to win, have nothing to lose and perhaps lecture fees to gain.

And perhaps Wesley Clark, the incredibly shrinking candidate, is happy, even though in just seven weeks he has gone from being on the cover of NEWSWEEK to dropping out of Iowa and perhaps New Hampshire...

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