Dean: the democratic wing of the Democratic party

Howard Dean's most notorious speech (aside from the barbaric "YEEEEEAAAAAAH!") would probably be the "What I Want To Know" speech at the California State Democratic Convention in Sacramento during the 2003 Democratic Primaries:

I'm Howard Dean, and I'm here to represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party. [cheers] I want a Democratic Party, I want a Democratic Party that'll balance the budget. Bill Clinton balanced the budget, starting in 1993 with not a single Republican vote, kicking off the greatest ten years of prosperity in this country's history. No, no Republican president has
balanced the budget in this country in 34 years. If you want to trust somebody with your taxpayer's dollars, you better elect a Democrat because the Republicans can't manage money.

I never really liked the crazy man who seemed to be the human Energizer Bunny. But you have to hand it to this guy... Can't ya'll see Karl Rove working overtime? And they were worried about little Harry Reid. This Dean is a demagogue... and completely and thoroughly anti-anything/everything-Republican. That kind of attitude makes a poor president, but a strong, unifying head of the DNC.



And holy crap, he knows what he's talking about...

"But there is something that this administration and the Republican Party are very afraid of -- it is that we may actually begin fighting for what we believe: fiscally responsible, socially progressive values for which Democrats have always stood and fought."

And face it, the Dems have nothing more to lose... A conservative White House, House & Senate, and possibly (but hopefully not) the Supreme Court.

Many Republican leaders have said they look forward to Dean leading the DNC. Many describe him as an angry, northern liberal -- a symbol of what many argue is "wrong" with the Democratic Party. "I think if (Democrats) have a true death wish, he'd be the perfect guy to go with," former House Majority Leader Newt Gingrich told Fox News last month.

Only one thing is certain: It's going to be a very interesting four years.