Dean has gotten most of the important political endorsements this time around, to such an extent that should give Democrats favoring other candidates some pause.
But when it comes to showbiz surrogates, much as I admire the Meathead's films and the TV President's Catholic liberalism, John Kerry's got Dean beat.
Long before she changed the rules for women in popular music in 1970's, she wrote some popular music's most enduring songs. She is almost certainly one of the five greatest female artists of the rock era.
Watching King at a campaign event for her chosen candidate John Kerry this evening, I was amazed at at what was surely the most detailed and nuanced grasp of mountain state political issues ever delivered by a popular musician on C-SPAN. She is one of the most effective campaign surrogates I have ever seen. Check it out.
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