I'll be 49 tomorrow. I have never worked on a political campaign before. I worked for Dean. I was proud to do it. I got to see him in person when he was here in Pittsburgh, and he struck me as an amazingly decent guy. We haven't had one of those in the White House in a long time.
He had the guts to sign the civil unions bill, though he had to know it would cost him. He had the brains to balance the Vermont state budget, and the compassion to see to it that 90percent of the children in Vermont had health insurance.
Kerry, who voted for the Iraq war, the Patriot Act, and Bush's infamous No Child Left Behind, coopted Dean's issues. That, and the fact that he does a fair to middling imitation of John Kennedy (Who is much admired in this country.) made him the front runner.
But they aren't going to put the genie back in the bottle. The Dean campaign started something. Look for more grassroots campaigns. Ordinary people matter! That was Dean's message. I was proud to work for him!