open thread: what we want at tonight's debate

By Aziz P. -
The debate tonight is where Dean will win, or lose, New Hampshire. It's a fair assessment to say that the campaign went off-message in Iowa - instead of issues, leadership, and optimism, it was about crappy ads, aggressive volunteers, inexperienced caucusgoers, and negative campaigning.

What Dean needs to do tonight is present his State of the Campaign - to take personal charge, to show to all the soft-support out there (which in New Hampsire, has switched to Kerry) that there is more to Dean than the Yeeeeagh! which is so easily caricatured.

The campaign publicly says it intends to change, but I don't think making Dean into a boring wonk is the right answer. What do YOU want? Its clear that the campaign needs to listen to us more - but first we need to actually say what we think.

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