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Sunday, January 18, 2004

# Posted 1:43 AM by Ariel David Adesnik  

HOWARD DEAN IS SMARTER THAN YOU THINK: Maureen Dowd writes:
I went to Iowa hunting Howard Dean. His campaign said he might give me five minutes. On the phone.
Perhaps Gov. Howard didn't want the Times to run a column about his choice of sweaters. Plus, it turns out that Dean never gave MoDo her five minutes. So she's getting back at him by saying that you can't run on anger alone:
A race rooted mainly in attacking the president may not take Dr. Dean far enough. Voters want someone who's been through the fire. They care about character. They want to know the evolution of the man, even if it's a myth.
In other words, Dean's lack of cynical condescension toward the American voter is why he's losing momentum. Typical MoDo advice. Yet attacking Dean is only a sideshow. MoDo's real target is Mr. Angry himself, Paul Krugman. This little feud is getting nasty. (Heard offstage: cackles of glee.)
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