Thank You, Howard!

By Sniffles

It's apparently official: Howard Dean will step down as the chair of the Democratic National Committee.

Which means we cats would like to take a moment to salute the medical doctor who breathed new health and vitality into the Democratic Party back when it was on life support.

Governor Dean was ridiculed by the pundits for his "50-state strategy," but that's pretty much what Senator Obama did this year: Bring the fight to Republicans in places where they least expected it. (In that spirit, Obama-Biden forced McCain-Palin and the RNC to spend money and resources in states they should have been able to take for granted. Offense sure is better than defense!)

On top of that, Governor Dean is one of the most relentlessly on-message T.V. interviews we know. Never once, in all the times we've seen him this year, has he let his Eyes be distracted from The Prize.

We cats PURR at Howard Dean and rub our faces against his ankles. In the immortal words of Ira Gershwin, "Who's got the last laugh now?"