Size Matters
Since Television the shorter US Presidential candidate has received more popular votes in the election than the taller candidate only once: Jimmy Carter is shorter than Gerald Ford. (Gore is taller than Dubya, but Gore did receive more popular votes. The odds of a popular vote/electoral vote mismatch happening again are quite low.)
So...how do the Democratic candidates 'stand up' against Bush?
Dubya is 5'11 or 6' even depending upon your source.
One article I read lists the Democratic contenders with the following stats:
John Kerry - 6'4
Dick Gephardt - 6´1
John Edwards - 6´ even.
Al Sharpton - 5'11
Wesley Clark - 5'10
Howard Dean - 5´9
Joe Lieberman - 5´8
Dennis Kucinich - 5´7
Carol Moseley Braun - 5´4
Using this yardstick, Kerry stands the best chance of beating Bush, with a sizable lead. Gephardt would also beat Bush, but by mere inches. Edwards and Sharpton are close shaves. And everyone else would have to pull off a Jimmy Carter.
So the reason Democrats should not nominate Dean has nothing to do with his positions on the War. It's because size matters.
