Deaniacs Don't Die

Howard Dean supporters continue to try to get their hero on the ticket with Kerry:

Two weeks ago, back in New Hampshire, I saw a dread-locked hippie smoking a pipe with a weathered Howard Dean for President sign duct-taped to his backpack. As an added flourish, he'd scribbled, "Impeach Bush" on the worn sign. When will these folks give up?

NOT ANY TIME SOON. A group determined to see Dean's name on the November ballot is promising to use Democratic Party rules allowing draft petitions at the upcoming national convention in Boston to knock Kerry's VP choice off the ticket. The group has collected 7,000 signatures and is promising to deliver over 10,000 at the convention. This, the petition explains, is "Democracy in action."

"It only takes 300 delegates to mount a draft petition at the convention, and we believe we already have that level of support," said Michael Meurer, co-chair of the National Draft Dean for VP Committee (NDVPC). "Dean is the only VP candidate who genuinely excites the progressive base of the party."

I can't wait til the convention in Boston; Kerry crossing picket lines, police beating up protesters, it should be better than the Olympics.