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CHAIR

Howard Dean is the last man standing in the race for Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. I am very pleased.

They are already thumping him from the other side, so I think that means he is drawing the right kind of fire. What pissed me off was the cheap shots from the other demos who want to drift the party to the middle.

Actually, people will be surprised to find that Dean is more center than left and is a consummate deal maker. Good for him. Good for 'us'.

I put quotes around that because I am a reform Democrat or, rather, a progressive who held his nose when Kerry ran and has been very upset at the reign of Terry Mcauliffe whose idea of a campaign was to cover it with money and consultants.

I do not have my own party. I am out here in the cold with a lot of other people who cannot get the answers they want from either of the big two. I related to this article in The Nation last week: Visualizing a Neo-Rainbow. But for now, I am a reluctant Democrat.

Dean says he will start with the grass roots. He will bring his amazing organization with him. He will bring the Demos into the 21st Century with the internet technology that he pioneered. And above all, he will have a spine.

God, how we need backbone there.