(2003-08-05) Dean Fundraising Story

Doc Searls on the Howard Dean fundraising story. See, Dean has a story. Sorry, but the other guys don't. They may be trying to tell some story or other, but nobody's listening. Like him or not, Dean's story - fund raising from ordinary folks rather than Big Boys - and fighting big trees with grass roots, is working. As box office goes, you can't beat a good fight. (How long it lasts is another question, of course.) Does this mean he'll get as many votes as Jerry Brown did (remember the 800 number)?

As Tim Bray points out re the RSS/Echo Standards story, you can lead a journalist to a complex story, but you can't make him think. So, while the fundraising story is interesting, and even important, it may not be "core", and could actually make it harder for Dean to tell any other "story".