Today I got an email from our county Democratic party leader wishing he could attend another Dean Meetup as he had last summer. He has other commitments on Wednesday nights. He has admiration for the enthusiasm and involvement of the local Deaniac average citizens, otherwise not on the "inside" of local Democratic politics. We are people who are not at the Dem meetings and in the Dem social circles. The small group of same-old same old members of the party are kind of in awe of how many people have banded together here for Dean and become so active, compared to the support of all other Democratic campaigns they have observed. It can't be bottled. It is, as other Dean supporters will tell you, a result of the heartfelt sincere connection Dean has to people... the fact that he talks like a real person in speeches and interviews, not just the canned delivery of those used to ponitficating from the Congressional floor. He has the guts to be controversial when others talk around issues without saying anything that can be pinned down. There is something different about Dean that makes people connect to him. I think part of it is that he was a medical doctor, first, before being a politician. His genuine caring for people and his one on one manner of being in touch with humanity shines through.