Howard Dean Looks Back

The
following story by the Associated Press went out over the wire yesterday. In
an extensive interview with the AP's Christopher Graff, Governor Dean offers
one of his most in-depth looks back on the campaign.

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – One of Howard Dean's most poignant memories
of his presidential campaign is of a woman in a wheelchair who gave him
$50 in quarters at a breakfast meeting in Iowa last summer. The money
came from her federal supplemental income check.

“Even now I can hardly tell that story,” says Dean, his voice choking in a rare display of emotion.

“She said she had been saving the quarters for two years, when she
could, for something that was really important – and this was really
important to her.”

Dean is in awe of his rise. He is accepting of his fall. He readily
concedes he made mistakes. He has difficulty, though, coming to grips
with the sacrifices and trust of his legions of devoted supporters.

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Well, we're still with you, Howard.