January 23, 2004
YOU GO, GIRL!:
Reporters Shift Gears on The Dean Bus: Iowa Vote and Outburst Rewrite the Campaign Saga (Howard Kurtz, January 23, 2004, Washington Post)
The reporters are all talking about the implosion.As Howard Dean campaigned across New Hampshire on Thursday, the journalists trailing him were conscious of watching history unfold, but not the Internet-fueled surge to victory they had thought they were covering.
When a candidate loses his footing, even fleeting moments seem to feed the larger narrative.
Thus it was that when Dean showed up at Lou's Restaurant in Hanover -- for the sort of event where he orders hot chocolate while 11 photographers behind the counter snap away -- the first customer he encountered was Marisa Kraus, holding a Bush-Cheney sticker.
"Governor Dean -- what about the scream?" she taunted.
"Tell us: was it cathartic?"
"It was great, it was cathartic, yahoo," Dean muttered sarcastically, moving on to the next table.
You probably have to know her to appreciate how proud she'll be of that "she taunted". Posted by Orrin Judd at January 23, 2004 10:22 AM
"I scream, you scream, we all scream for Howard Dean!"
Posted by: Mike Morley at January 23, 2004 10:52 AMI'm still kicking myself for not having a bunch of "Another Vermonter against Howard Dean" bumper stickers printed up. Guess it's too late now!
Posted by: Governor Breck at January 23, 2004 7:33 PMTo add insult to injury, Dean is losing his voice.
I guess all of that ranting and screaming takes its toll on the vocal chords.
Posted by: Josh Silverman at January 23, 2004 9:36 PM