Though I have been a forthright critic of Governor Dean and Joe Trippi on, in my view, the "squandering" of the momentum with idealism run rampant, naive strategic blunders and then trying to get what soft, badly and so slow-to-respond war-roomed messages through the conduit of amateur media (words, photos, videos, commercials, etc.), I greatly admire Joe Trippi (and Governor Dean) for a lot.
It's probably because I am frustrated that not even the cause seems to be surviving, let alone his once, very promising reform candidacy for a new, cleaned up Whitehouse.
I point all here to his statement on what money he made as Campaign manager (that is if all the bills get paid from the Dean camp - reports are that $400k is owing to Trippi's firm).
Please see Feb. 11/04 at:
http://www.changeforamerica.com/blog/
It's a strong statement and even includes a much-waited-for "the buck stops here" frankness.