''Levin ambivalent about Dean as DNC chair''

The Senator from Michigan visited the campus of the University of Michigan and shared the following with the students, according to this story in The Michigan Daily: "I have mixed feelings in terms of Dean,” he said. “I think he brings some tremendous plusses to the table, in terms of his appeal to people that have never been involved. He opened up a whole new way of raising money that is healthy and successful. The minuses are that the image he brings to the party is not the image that attracts a lot of independent voters. That’s why he wasn’t nominated.”Why would he want to say that? If we're talking about "image" why doesn't he focus his attention on Ken Mehlman or "Turdblossom"?