Planetarium - politics/music/culture/smarts

Planetarium loves being right. And clearly, we were never more right than when we predicted, WAAAAAYYYY back in October, that John Kerry was a bigger contender than anybody thought at the time. That he was pretty electable, despite being generally fairly crappy as a progressive of any sort. That he would take at least a primary or two.

Damn, we're good.

Of course, having now said that, Planetarium is going to continue it's contrarian winning streak by pointing out that, right as everybody is jumping on the kerry-or-edwards bandwagon, Dean and Clark are going to start making some very powerful showings. Why? We're glad you asked:

First, a sound tweak of the nose is in order for all of those blind-to-reality Dean supporters, who think he's God's gift to the Democratic party, or at least some sort of progressive, which is kind of a joke. But more importantly, a sense of shock at the johnny-come-latelys who all switched their tunes about Dean in the last four days, as it looked like he might not win, because he was- gasp!- a little unpredictable and volatile. Some of Planetarium's very good friends, people who were very excited about Dean, who even gave him money, are suddenly saying they don't think he's electable. That's Democrats for you: as soon as something rocks their boat the teensiest bit, they run for the safest, boringest, most stolid thing they can grab on to. Read: Kerry or Edwards.

SO- let Planetarium explain something (you'll forgive the unusual, slightly arrogant tone in our voice today, we're still flush with satisfaction at being right): Dean is still a contender. In a BIG way. Why? He has the most money. Clark is second in that respect, which is why he too is a contender. Everyone seems to forget that usually, the one with the most money wins. Mark our words: Kerry will lose New Hampshire. And when he does, watch all the change-with-the-winds folks start talking about how maybe Dean has a chance after all.