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To: Sully- who wrote (9502)	4/25/2005 7:12:37 AM
From: Sully-	of 35834

IS HOWARD DEAN EFFECTIVE? OR JUST TELLING DEMOCRATS WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR? TKS jim geraghty reporting Since winning DNC Chair, Howard Dean has been on slightly better behavior than I expected. Let me put it this way: he hasn't shouted "YEEAARRRGH" yet. But Brian Faler of the Washington Post goes through the speeches, and notices signs of the old Dean shining through: <<< Since taking over as chairman of the Democratic National Committee earlier this year, the former presidential candidate has been quoted in newspapers making unusually caustic remarks about Republicans. Dean has suggested that they are "evil." That they are "corrupt." He called them "brain-dead" during a stop in Toronto — and while the Terri Schiavo case was still in the news. He has tagged Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) as a "liar." Last week, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that he mimicked a "drug-snorting Rush Limbaugh" at an event there. >>> The article then quotes an anonymous Democratic Senate aide saying they like the new style, because they don't want a "wallflower." There are a lot of advantages to having a man with the impulse controls of Dean heading the DNC. I'm sure a lot of rank-and-file Democrats love it. I'm sure his attacks and jokes are great for fundraising. I'm sure his more controversial comments will never get as much attention as say, The Great Jeff Gannon Conspiracy or Bush's Wire During the Debates. But as Byron York spells out in his new book, sometimes you can pull together unprecidented resources, energy and passion — "the biggest, richest, and best organized political movement in American history" — and still lose. Did Democrats lose the presidency, as well as ground in the House and Senate, because they lacked passion, or fiery rhetoric, or wicked impressions of Limbaugh? Or was it something else? Is Howard Dean applying the 2004 strategy to 2005? nationalreview.com washingtonpost.com

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