Don't Blame Dean

It has nothing to do with Howard Dean or the kooks he massages with his incendiary rhetoric. It our fault.

The No. 2 Democrat in the Senate yesterday blamed "the right wing" and elements of the press "in service to it" for repeating Howard Dean's remarks about Republicans and inflating them out of proportion.
"I think we all understand what's happening with you all," said Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin, in remarks echoing Hillary Rodham Clinton's blaming a "vast right-wing conspiracy" for her husband's legal-ethical woes.

So, it's conspiracy theory time again.

Frankly, I'm delighted to have Howard Dean running his big mouth. I think it's important that the vast middle hear for themselves what the Democrats stand for.