Tuesday, October 15, 2002
Dean for president: Alex Beam has fun with Vermont Gov. Howard Dean’s unlikely quest for the presidency. Here’s the kicker line: “... It’s the story we tell ourselves every four years; the Paul Tsongas story, the Bruce Babbitt story, the John Anderson story. It is a very diverting fable, this notion of the brilliant, worthy, and committed outsider who has a decent chance of becoming our next president.” I.e. Watch for a lot of journalists to fall for the next “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” candidate, though Beam looks like he’s steadied himself already.
