A really good article about Howard Dean..."Tough Guy"

[KaraokeKarlton]

It was written awhile back in his campaign, but I had missed it. I thought it was worth posting for anyone else who may have missed it. It's very in depth and informative.

http://www.thestranger.com/2003-05-15/feature.html

[Cha]

1. I Love this article and no I haven't read it before!

From what I had gathered about Dean...this writer and I feel the same about Dean.

"Howard Dean does have a playbook, but it's stylistic more than verbal: say it straight, don't dither, be clear, show no doubt or fear, act like only a lunatic would disagree with you, never apologize or back down in defending Democratic principles, paint your Democratic opponents as mealy-mouthed appeasers, blast Bush as a far-right whack job. I am tempted to label Howard Dean's approach as an inspired shtick, but that would be unfair to Howard Dean. It is a shtick, of course, though a fundamentally honest one. The true genius of Howard Dean, is that somewhere down the line he's figured out that if you strip away all the artifice from your political persona and lose the carefully calibrated public posturing that every politician learns to do early, if you just say what you say in private in public--in the same way you say it in private--people will respond. In that sense, Howard Dean's greatest political masterstroke was deciding to just be Howard Dean"

[Cha]

2. And I sent an e-mail to josh marshall this morning and told

him that Dean is "tough" enough to withstand any critcisms he may have.

[Cha]

3. If you don't mind ...I am going to put this article over in ...

"Editorials and Articles" so it won't drop so fast and I will be able to access it easier for reference!

Thanks again for bringing this on Board!