http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/cover/
overall though i can't say that dean's organizing really grabbed a stable base. from the band the trouble with sweeney (who played a dean rally this summer) to my girlfriend's boss (who's been donating a couple hundred dollars a pay period), everyone seems to have immediately sought the frontrunner, whether it will be clark, edwards, or kerry.
i may be paraphrasing an imaginary poster, but i too feel that he mobilized groups that aren't usually politically attentive; however, the democratic party doesn't have any stable presence to support such an effort. and overall it's a return to cynicism among those momentarily politicized youth. i think it comes across in valania's florid prose (he's an aging wilco fan for context). and even valania parachutes out of the plane at the end.
also: just saw errol morris' *the fog of war* at its philly screening. i'm amazed at how many people my age or younger were fascinated by mcnamara. has anyone else seen this movie?
jt. r
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