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February 08, 2004

Deans demise is reminiscent of the dot com bust

As Howard Dean comes in at the low double digits this weekend, his political demise is all but complete. So why did it look so good late in 2003 for him before the first primaries.

This is illustrative of the same problem which hit the dot com companies in 2001. The internet image and marketing got ahead of the real personna, and once he started to get national visibility, the electibility of the man became visible to all, and the mere fact his message was "right" was not backed up by the man - expectations were not met. The parallel with dot com ... the internet message was not backed by by service or marketing hype (eToys failure to delvier the orders on time, etc) ... expectations were not met.

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