Howard Dean Snubbed by Obama

The conspicuous absence of Howard Dean from Thursdays press conference announcing Tim Kaines appointment as Democratic National Committee chairman was no accident, according to Dean loyalists.

Rather, they say, it was a reflection of the lack of respect accorded to the outgoing party chairman by the Obama team.

Despite leading the party in consecutive triumphant election cycles — as well as through off-year races such as when Kaine was elected Virginia governor in 2005 — Dean has become all but invisible since Election Day, passed over for the Cabinet position he coveted and apparently not in line for another administration post.

Indeed, when President-elect Barack Obama introduced Kaine at party headquarters Thursday afternoon, Dean was 7,023 miles and seven time zones away, closer to French Polynesia than to Washington, doing party grunt work in American Samoa.--politico.com

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[julianlow83]

Obama has bitten the hand that fed him. Obama wouldn't be Prez if it wasn't for Dean's 50 state strategy.