Bury Me Broken

Democratic Senators Back Dean

From the Political Wire:

The recent round of criticism from fellow Democrats "about Howard Dean's four-month tenure as Democratic National Committee chairman has prompted Senate leaders to rise to his defense at a public event planned for today," the Boston Globe reports.

"Originally scheduled as a private meeting between Dean and the leadership team of Senate minority leader Harry Reid of Nevada, today's session instead will now include a news conference and photo opportunity as a public embrace of Dean, who has rocked the political world over past week with provocative condemnations of the Republican party."

However, the Washington Times has a different spin, saying several SenateDemocrats will use the event to force Dean to apologize for his recent comments.

Chaiman Dean has definitely given the opposition fodder to paint him as a far left, liberal ideologue and guess what, "I love it." If Senate Democrats are forcing an apology, it works for us because it demonstrates that we are galvanizing. If this meeting iis a simple show of support, great because it shows we are galvanizing. For all the scary Senate Dems like Joe Biden, you are going to need us and "us" is the hard-working, informing, day-to-day, in the trenches, donating and volunteering blue-collar supporters of the entire party including its chair, Howard Dean.

posted by niteskolar @ 7:47 PM