Nico Pitney makes the case that progressives should support Dean, despite loyalty to the Green Party, because he's the best chance to advance their goals and get a very dangerous administration out of the White House. The article includes a frank look at several of the less-than-satisfactory aspects of Dean's platform, but ends on an up note, concluding that "What we have in Dean is a man who can articulate liberal positions intelligently, passionately, and commandingly, and who has the grassroots/netroots support and an appeal to diverse constituencies that will allow him to defeat George Bush."
--> "The Progressive Case for Howard Dean", Alternet, August 12, 2003, www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16592
