HOWARD DEAN DOES NOT STAND A CHANCE, because, as I explained over in the comments section over at Iberian Notes, the American people will never elect a man named Howard to the presidency. You may say that I am blowing smoke here, since we’ve already elected a Howard, but Howard was William Howard Taft’s middle name and middle names do not count; the American public knows that anyone actually named Howard will probably be a dork of epic proportions.