Jeff Jarvis makes some good points discussing a NY Post column by John Podhoretz on whether the left might be able to leverage anti-Bush sentiment.

This is how Podhoretz starts out:

The rise of an ardent, passionate, angry and engaged left is the most important political story of 2003.

Both the discussion and the article are worth reading.

UPDATE: Mike McInnis weighs in with some observations from the left:

I suspect that the "mall masses" that Jarvis speaks of so fondly are mostly comprised of the nearly 60% who do not vote, the apathetic, the annoyed, the disillusioned. The remainder is split evenly between the right-wing snobs and left-wing snobs, myself included. Until a candidate arrives who can truly energize the whole country, I'm afraid we are doomed to spin left and right every four to eight years.

In any case, the election is shaping up to be an interesting one. Who knows, maybe Bush will win the popular vote, and the Dean the electoral. The fallout from that would be entertaining.