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The bar was set very low for Howard Dean in the Democratic presidential candidates� debate today in Johnston, Iowa. He didn�t necessarily stumble over it, but he sure had a hard time stepping over it.
In that sense, Dean was the loser in the event sponsored by Iowa Public Television and The Des Moines Register.
The pros figured beforehand that all Dean had to do to win was to not mistakes. In the case of Dean, a candidate with a hair-trigger temper and a big streak of arrogance, winning simply meant not losing his cool.