Dean for America, Baby

The battle for the soul of the Democratic Party? It's on:

"Today, I'm announcing my candidacy for the Chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee."

My Boy Howie (as I like to call him) hears the sheep munching, too, apparently: "Another integral part of our strategy must be cultivating the party's grassroots. Our long term success depends on all of us taking an active role in our party and in the political process, by volunteering, going door to door and taking the Democratic message into every community, and by organizing at the local level. After all, new ideas and new leaders don't come from consultants; they come from communities."

Chairmanship of the DNC might not seem like a big deal, but it is. The party of intelligent, left-thinking people, the party of equality and opportunity, has been stuck in the mud for far too long. Part of the responsibility lies with a leadership that has been far too conservative in every meaning of the word. If you look forward to the day when you can enter a voting booth and cast a ballot for a candidate that is something more than the lesser of two evils, if you wish you could find your own "real thing," or even if you just would like a return to two-party politics, I encourage you to find out how you can support Howard Dean in his candidacy.