Howard Dean, Webhead

[Shadowen]

An article in the most recent Maclean's, a Canadian news magazine, by one of their better political commentators (Paul Wells) highlights Howard Dean's use of the web and how it may help him overcome the deficiencies with the Democratic Party's comparatitve lack of funds.

"It's the first Wednesday night of the month, which means it's time for another Howard Dean campaign rally. Perhaps 150 people are packed into Nectar's, a bar and grill on Main Street in Burlington, Vermont.

"It looks lke an ordinary campaign rally. Appearances are deceiving.

"For one thing, Howard Dean, who spent the '90s as Vermont's staid Democratic governor, isn't even here. The crowd came out to say nice things about him behind his back."

Howard Dean, Webhead

[huckleberry]

1. Here's the correct link --

http://www.macleans.ca/switchboard/article.jsp?content=20030818_63763_63763

Shadowen - Thanks for posting this - excellent article!!

This paragraph is interesting - it refers to a web site I didn't know about.

"On yet another site, deandefense.org, the faithful are informed of the latest unflattering press coverage. (Dean opposed the Iraq war. He wants to repeal the Bush tax cuts to pay for health care. He signed a Vermont law permitting same-sex civil unions. Skeptics call him an unelectable leftie.) So you log on, you read about somebody badmouthing Dean, and you send the misguided scribe a corrective e-mail ("Be polite," the Dean legions are told, "but make your point"). Repeat. Hundreds of times a day."

[Shadowen]

2. Thank you.

Always willing to dethrone Bush.

[Larkspur]

3. Loved the last paragraph

The stars of the Internet primary, in short, will be the opposite of the blow-dried, risk-averse zombies who rise beyond their ability when television is the only medium that picks winners. The forces lifting Dean will ignore politicians who rely on blandness to win. Sounds like good news to me.

Risk-adverse zombies! Ouch!