has been the ascendence of Howard Dean‘s candidacy for President in 2004. He’s moved up with words like this, “What I want to know is what in the world so many Democrats are doing supporting the President’s unilateral intervention in Iraq?” I’ve been watching Gov Dean on PBS for about 10 years now – he was a regular guest on a weekly public affairs show out of Montreal, and he’s always seemed to me to be a very straight shooter with opinions that come from his own assessment of an issue, not from some pre-fab party line. He’s a leader, not a follower.