Dean Not At A Loss...

Terrific article by Walter Shapiro about Dean's candor and refusal to offer up the platitudes of all the other candidates. This column reminds us all of what drew us to Dean in the first place, and why it's important to continue to support him as long as he remains in the race. If only some of his unabashed outspokenness would rub off on the rest of the field - he's already forced all the others back onto Democratic themes, perhaps he can also bring some spirit to the others as well. Keep giving 'em Hell, Howard!

UPDATE: (Aziz) here's a good excerpt:

Near the end of a question-and-answer session Thursday morning with voters at the 19th-century Oshkosh Opera House, a man in the balcony tossed a softball in Dean's direction. Identifying himself as a disgruntled 2000 Bush voter, the questioner lamented the president's failure to lessen partisan enmity in Washington and asked Dean what he would do to end gridlock on Capitol Hill.

The standard political answer would have been to piously vow to recreate the Era of Good Feeling in Washington, despite provocations from the opposition party. But such gooey prattle about fostering bipartisanship simply does not fit Dean's nature.

Squinting at his questioner through the glare of the TV lights, Dean said bluntly, "I haven't promised to go to Washington and unify everybody. And there's a reason for my not making that promise. I think it's important to stand up for what you believe in."

Then Dean uttered a few combative lines that encapsulated the strengths and weaknesses of his boom-or-bust campaign: "I'm not going to Washington to be a nice guy. I'm going to Washington to kick the right wing out."


It's exactly THIS that is why we fight for Dean.

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