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Howard Dean in L.A. -- page 1

September 30, 2003. The day politics changed forever. I was there. Some other people showed up, too.

September 30, 2003. Union Station Last night of the quarter. The liberal media waits. L.A. City Councilman Eric Garcetti, State Senator Sheila Kuehl Adam In-Q. Impossible to describe this poet. Sent the energy in the room sky-high. Rob Reiner had been introduced as "The man who gave you Spinal Tap." This woman was the first person to donate to the Dean campaign over the Internet. Her name is Christine Caldwell. Martin Sheen in da house. How many jokes were told about his being president on TV? I lost count. The fake prez and the next real prez hug. Howard Dean. Guess what he did pretty quickly? Yep--Josiah Bartlet joke. Which Sheen found amusing. Dean started to say something about General Clark's flip-flops on the Iraq war. Then he stopped himself. He said he'd just say... ...something like, "We don't need a Republican to be the Democratic presidential candidate." Dean reminded us of a reason that the Cold War ended. Yes, he said, it had much to do with our military power. But it was also because people in those countries wanted to be like America. He pointed out you'd be hard-pressed to find too many countries on the globe... ...who want to be like America is now. Sad but true. Go to page 2 for more.