Reading this in another diary, it sort of all makes sense. Remember after the South Carolina primary in 2000 when McCain was like a raving lunatic and made speeches condemning Christians? And then we found out, much later, that Bush had done push polling asking people if their support for McCain would change if they knew he had fathered an illegitimate biracial child? (McCain has an adopted daughter who is dark skinned.)
Kerry's the one accused of push polling by ABC news, but it isn't an established fact that he did this particular pushpolling. But somebody did and it sure explains Dean's emotional overload. Here are 2 of the questions, according to another Kos poster:
"Would your support for Howard Dean change if you knew that he performed abortions while working with Planned Parenthood?"
"Would your support for Howard Dean change if you knew about his history of spousal abuse?"
Dean told PEOPLE that neither he nor his wife had performed any abortions. The "spousal abuse history" was a story about a policemen assigned to Dean's security detail, but that question sure makes it sound like Dean did it himself.