The proximate reason will be that critical progressives who believe America evil at birth, did not get their fundamental change at the time they wanted it, in the way they wanted it and that those who oppose them, which turned out to be the MASS OF AMERICANS, did not bend over and shout "WE'RE NOT WORTHY, YOU ARE RIGHT, WE ARE WRONG"
People like Howard Dean who can conceive of no other reason ultimately but racism to oppose the great progressive ideals are dangerously close to becoming A DANGER to civilized discourse and a danger to self government and the republic itself by INCITEMENT TO HATRED, and what will result from this pattern.
They need to take a step back and exercise their brain's control of their mouths.
HOWARD DEAN ... ON FOX NEWS TODAY:
"Fox News has helped the Republican Party foster racism by focusing on allegations of reverse racism."
......................................................................................................I don't think Newt Gingrich is a racist, and I don't think you're a racist," Dean told Fox News host Chris Wallace, "but Fox News did something that was absolutely racist. They took a - they had an obligation to find out what was really in the clip. They had been pushing a theme of black racism with this phony Black Panther crap and this business and this Sotomayor and all this other stuff."
When Wallace interrupted Dean to point out that Fox did not air the excerpted Sherrod footage until after the Obama administration had fired her based on it (the excerpts were featured on Fox News's website prior to her firing), Dean shot back "It was about to go on Glenn Beck, which is what the administration was afraid of."
Beck did not even MENTION Sherrod in his broadcast that day
And Dean mildly rebuked the Obama administration, as well, saying, "We've got to stop being afraid of Glenn Beck (a Fox News host) and the racist fringe of the Republican Party. But Fox News was not blameless during this. You played it up."
Dean dismissed Wallace's point about timing, asserting "you didn't do your job," and charging that Fox News has helped the Republican Party foster racism by focusing on allegations of reverse racism.
"The tea party called out their racist fringe and I think the Republican Party's got to stop appealing to its racist fringe. And Fox News is what did that. You put that on," Dean said. "Continuing to cater to this theme of minority racism and stressing comments like this - some of which are taken out of context - does not help the country knit itself together."