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Farewell to the disarmingly unpretentious Mrs. Dean.

11:00 PM, Feb 3, 2004 • By CLAUDIA WINKLER

THE WORST THING about the collapse of the Howard Dean phenomenon is that it cuts short our acquaintance with the most appealing figure to emerge from the Democratic primaries--Dr. Judith Steinberg, as they know her at the office, and after hours, Judy Dean.

On Al Sharpton, Wesley Clark, Peter Jennings, and all the rest.

8:30 AM, Jan 23, 2004 • By DAVID TELL

Manchester, New Hampshire

At the debate there are signs that the Deaniacs are preparing for the worst.

1:40 AM, Jan 23, 2004 • By JONATHAN V. LAST

Manchester, New Hampshire, Thursday, January 22

THE RESIDENTS of Deanworld, once merrily engaged in permanent offense, have gone into the bunker. After a pre-debate rally tonight, busloads of Deaniacs converged on Jillian's, a hip bar/pool hall/arcade on the west side of town. With Klieg lights carving up the night sky, the Deaniacs are excited for tonight's showdown, hoping that Howard Dean will stop the bleeding and perhaps even start the turnaround.

It's good news for some, bad news for others, and terrible news for Wesley Clark.

11:45 PM, Jan 22, 2004 • By FRED BARNES

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES are often downright boring. They frequently disappoint journalists because the candidates don't fight among themselves. More often than not, debates are marked by the relentless avoidance of candid answers. But presidential debates always have two things: winners and losers.

Here's how the seven Democratic presidential candidates fared in last night's debate, the final one before the New Hampshire primary next Tuesday:

From the January 21, 2004 Wall Street Journal: Why Howard Dean's endorsements didn't help him.

11:00 PM, Jan 22, 2004 • By FRED BARNES

THE BIG-NAME ENDORSEMENTS for Howard Dean began as the Iowa caucuses drew near. In December, Al Gore, the Democratic presidential nominee in 2000, lauded the ex-Vermont governor as "the only major candidate" who was right about Iraq. Gore urged Democratic voters to halt their infighting and rally behind Dean's antiwar crusade. He added this grave note: "I don't think the stakes have ever been as high in our lifetime."

John Kerry comes back from the dead, John Edwards shines, and Wesley Clark calls for regime change in the Middle East.

1:30 AM, Jan 21, 2004 • By JONATHAN V. LAST

Manchester, New Hampshire, Tuesday, January 20

The general explains why the president isn't a patriot and only Democrats are devout.

11:00 PM, Jan 20, 2004 • By HUGH HEWITT

HOWARD DEAN'S BELLOWING the roll call of the states on Monday night may capture the weird sweepstakes this election season, but Wesley Clark can't be counted out just yet. Most of the cameras were in Iowa while the general tromped around the Granite State, but the record he left is promising when it comes to snap potential.

Rick Lowry had a tape recorder on when Clark delivered some choice words on faith and the president's patriotism, and was kind enough to send the tape along to me for broadcast. Here are the money quotes:

Watching the Iowa returns in New Hampshire with Wesley Clark, the Kerry camp, and the Deaniacs.

1:40 AM, Jan 20, 2004 • By JONATHAN V. LAST

Manchester, New Hampshire

Kerry, Edwards, Dean, charm, organization, and more.

12:00 AM, Jan 20, 2004 • By FRED BARNES

Des Moines

From the January 26, 2004 issue: With the general in New Hampshire.

Jan 26, 2004, Vol. 9, No. 19 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI

Manchester, New Hampshire

From the January 26, 2004 issue: . . . and other manifestations of political enthusiasm.

Jan 26, 2004, Vol. 9, No. 19 • By DAVID TELL

LET US BEGIN by acknowledging the many and various respects in which Howard Dean's presidential campaign isn't weird. I visited New Hampshire on January 2, the traditional stretch-run kickoff date for that state's primary, intending to see four of the candidates, Dean among them, all in a single 12-hour span, more or less back to back, for purposes of comparison. And I managed to pull off this plan. But just barely; Dean almost messed me up. By the time his 1 P.M.

From the January 19, 2004 issue: The Dean camp's Internet impresario.

Jan 19, 2004, Vol. 9, No. 18 • By DAVID SKINNER

IF HOWARD DEAN'S VAUNTED Internet campaign has a guru, it's arguably Howard Rheingold, author of "The Virtual Community," "Smart Mobs," and other works of techno-sociology. Rheingold, once called the "first citizen of the Internet," established himself during the early '90s as the leading proponent of the idea that the Internet would have profound social consequences.

From the January 19, 2004 issue: The revival, if you can call it that, of campaign songs.

Jan 19, 2004, Vol. 9, No. 18 • By MATT LABASH

NOT ALWAYS, BUT OFTEN, there comes a point in a Howard Deaniac's life when it's no longer enough to blog yourself silly, or to throw Dean-centric house parties, or to quit your job, move to Burlington campaign headquarters, and start dressing like a bike messenger. Sometimes, you've got to take off your "Hi-my-name-is" sticker, leave your Meetup early, and do something of greater consequence. Sometimes, you've gotta sing.

The children's crusade in American politics.

Jan 19, 2004, Vol. 9, No. 18 • By ANDREW FERGUSON

Eugene McCarthy

The Rise and Fall of Postwar American Liberalism

by Dominic Sandbrook

Howard Dean, the Blog for America, and the candidacy of the self.

11:00 PM, Jan 8, 2004 • By JONATHAN V. LAST

IT HAS BEEN WIDELY OBSERVED that Dean for President--or, as the partisans call it, "Dean for America"--isn't so much a political campaign as a movement. But if that's true of the Deaniacs in general, it's doubly true of their virtual selves. The online Dean world isn't so much a virtual community as a cult.

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