ONLINE PRIMARY VOTERS TO DEM LEADERS: NAY ON HAIRSPRAY! Granted, it's a sliver of meaninglessness compared to the actual primaries, but MoveOn.org's recent Internet primary gives at least some small indication what the Dem leadership are up against this election.

Internet-friendly Howard Dean wins in a walk (43.87%), which won't suprise anyone. (Although it might give pause to party insiders who are apparently praying around the clock for a major Dean misstep.)

But here are some of the things that did surprise me and might also confound other Dems:

- Joe Lieberman, who has perhaps the highest name recognition, actually polled worse than Carol Mosely-Braun (3.19 percent for Edwards to 2.21% for CMB)
- Southern hair-boy John Edwards also showed abysmal support, with just 3.19%
- Super-mojo-insider Richard "78RPM" Gephardt managed a measly 2.44%
- Eastern hair-boy John Kerry was stronger than many at just under 16% -- but was actually bested by shrill bankruptcy man Kucinich, who garnered a shocking and investigation-inspiring (almost) 24% of the vote

Again, these are early and suspect returns. But they most certainly tell some small tale of where the populist Dems' collective cabezas are at. I'll summarize what I take to be their position:

"Don't give us some hair-styled middle-of-the-roader, nuh-uh. We want a fighter. We want a relative outsider. But we're not crazy enough to support Al Sharpton."