DNC's Howard Dean - Just A Normal Guy

.Why the inside the beltway crowd should be surprised by this is beyond me. In my opinion this doesn't say much for the insiders What's so different? McAuliffe would limo around town, dropping in at the Palm to huddle with Washington big shots. The 2004 presidential hopeful, by contrast, takes the bus or subway, buying his own $1.35 ticket. Sometimes he bums rides from staffers or walks the four blocks to the Capitol for meetings. "Please Call Me Howard" never flies first class and always carries his own bags. Other signs of the ex-guv's modest style: He eats at his desk, stays in a cheap D.C. hotel, and likes oxford shirts and penny loafers. Affectionately dubbed a "geek" by pals, he's often glued to his cellphone and loves E-mail. "His expertise is grass roots and his lifestyle is no different," says an associate. So far, Washington likes what it sees, surprised he's not the oddball that newsies pegged him as last year. Says an aide, smiling: "They're giving him a shot." Finally a chairman that can return the Democratic Party to it's base the blue-collar working guys and gals of the middle class with real downhome values, not the phony values forced upon us by the Republican Right. Time for the MSM to realize this also and stop promoting the "scream video" everytime they refer to this man of the people. MORE....