I thought Howard Dean was the radical who was going to revolutionize the Democratic Party. Turns out He's not even man enough to stand up to Slick Willy:

CLINTON, Iowa, Dec. 19 — Howard Dean and his aides scrambled on Friday to show off their ties to the Clinton administration. They were trying to undo any damage done on Thursday, when Dr. Dean, in a speech on domestic policy, offended party moderates who thought they saw an implicit slap at the Democratic Party's most recent occupant of the White House.

Campaign aides circulated a two-page memorandum that outlined the history of the relationship between Bill Clinton and Dr. Dean, including quotations from each laying garlands of good will upon the other.

Clintonites-turned-Deaniacs called reporters to explain what their new standard-bearer had meant.

The candidate himself, after calling the former president to clear up things, made sure to mention him at a town hall meeting in Burlington, saying, "We're going to take back the country of Harry Truman, the country of Franklin Roosevelt, the country of Bill Clinton."

What a friggin' wuss.