The Dean of surprises (Boston Globe)

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MANCHESTER, N.H. -- He is sitting in his shirtsleeves at a particleboard table in a corner of a barely converted warehouse that is teeming with campaign workers half his age.

And Howard Dean, the irascible Howard Dean, the impatient Howard Dean, always stern, suffering no fools, the guy who tosses insults like a B-52 drops bombs, is smiling.

He is smiling when he is asked if he's surprised by his extraordinarily good fortune -- the early surge, the sustained success, the gush of Internet donations -- in this, his first presidential campaign.

He pauses for a long moment, perhaps recalling his vow of honesty a few minutes before, and replies, ''Yes, I am.'' And seriously, how could he not be?

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''Everyone else is so afraid to lose that they tailor their message so tightly and don't say anything,'' he says. ''If we turn into a fad, it's the American people that will decide.''

Asked how he'll avoid that, he makes the point that has other candidates worried most. ''This is the first time I remember the national press identifying the insurgent before picking the front-runner,'' he says. ''This is uncharted territory.

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[pansypoo53219]

1. is it

a wonder why deanie babies are poppin up like beanie babies.

[Egnever]

2. Great article!

Go howard!