::points at icon:: (never said that change was easy...)

So Howard Dean is not running for candidacy anymore.

Am I upset? Yup.

Does that mean his legacy ends? Nope.

He drew me into political awareness through the hope that he gave. And I will stay politically active because of the hope that still there.

Will I still vote Democrat for president?

Of course.

Does that mean Dean's forgotten?

Hell. no.

::keeps an eye on deanforamerica.com and grins in anticipation::

[edit] from dfa.com, quote from Dean

"My political career has never been about getting elected. I didn't even seek the governorship. I became governor because my predecessor died in office twelve years ago.

My political career is about change. And this campaign is about change. What we're going to do here is, we're first going to change this party because this party needs to look in the mirror and ask itself: Is this party about the next election or is it about changing America?

This party needs to be about changing America, because only by changing America will we win back the White House.

I want a party that stands unashamedly for equal rights for all Americans.

I want a party that stands unashamedly for health care for every single American.

I want a party that stands unashamedly for balanced budgets and taking care of poor kids and voting together and healing the divides instead of expressing the divides and exploiting them the way the Republican Party has so shamelessly done since 1968.

I need your help.

We're going to change this party, and then we're going to change this country, and we're going to take back the White House, and we're going to balance the budget, and we're going to have healthcare for everybody, and we're going to have an America with its best institutions - right up to the Capitol - that looks, once again, like America."

...have I mentioned how much I love this man? yes.