Mother Jones: The doctor is officially in

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From Mother Jones
Posted Tuesday January 11

The doctor is officially in

It’s now official. Former Gov. Howard Dean has announced he will run for chairman of the Democratic Party . . . .

As during the presidential primary, Dean faces opposition from party centrists (some even want Terry McAuliffe to stay). But the idea of Dean as a far-left candidate was always just a straw man based primarily on his opposition to the war in Iraq (an issue on which he proved right, and John Kerry’s equivocal stance gave Bush fodder for the whole flip-flop charge). If party insiders think one of the other candidates (Martin Frost, Wellington Webb, Tim Roemer, Donnie Fowler and Simon Rosenberg) will be a more effective chairman, that’s one thing. But they should consider Dean on his actual merits instead of their since-discredited caricature.

Some brief but worthwhile remarks.