Once again i find myself nodding my head to Paul Krugman. In his latest, Krugman ends with the lines "For a while, Mr. Dean will be the public face of the Democrats, and the Republicans will try to portray him as the leftist he isn't. But Deanism isn't about turning to the left: it's about making a stand." Howard Dean has been pegged a "leftist", because of the stand he took against the president's rush to war in Iraq. Gay marriage being allowed in Vermont may have also helped this image along, though i find that more Libertarian (but that's for another day). It was Governor Dean that balanced his state's budget without being required to. Where's the liberal spending we've all heard so much about?
Dr. Dean is not afraid of taking a stand and holding firm to it. He is the first nationally publicized Democrat with teeth that we have seen in a long time. Our only examples, since the death of Senator Paul Wellstone, have been men old enough not to worry about repricussions or re-elections and officials in a House of Representatives that was sadly neglected by the previous leader of the DNC . The republicans have their "attack dogs" and those that tout their "contract with (on) america". It's about time a leader was elected in the Democratic Party that had some fight in him.
Go Dean Go!
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