A Really Bad Sign For The Deaniacs

Dean Suspends Advertising

Howard Dean "has chosen to forgo further advertising in this round," the Washington Post reports.

The New York Times says the campaign "has upended its advertising strategy. Dr. Dean, who last June was the first candidate to advertise, is now the only major candidate to be off the air right now, and his strategists said Wednesday night that they were in no hurry to return." Furthermore, Dean campaign officials "said they were only confident of having enough money to compete through next week."

No advertising for this round of primaries? First of all, these are real primariesthat send a good number of delegates to the convetnon. Secondly, this is the last bunch of primaries before Super Tuesday. If he doesn't make a respectable showing soon, he'll have the kind of fatal Joementum that has effectively killed the Lieberman candidacy by the time Super Tuesday rolls around. Then again, he could come back big with the use of magic and pixie dust. I am not writing anyone off anymore.