Jan., 2007 issue of GQ has lead on front page: "THE KING MAKER  Inside the DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION with the Man who made it all happen," by Ryan Lizza.

Great, I say to myself, Dean finally gets his, but then on Page 84:

"He's the new kingmaker of the Democratic Party, the man who handpicked candidates, twisted arms, crushed dissent, and delivered the nation from one-party rule, so what does the Clinton vet and former ballet dancer plan to do with all that power?"

Page 85, lo and behold aportrait of Rahm Emanuel

follow me below for excerpts and you just know Dean doesn't smell pretty

An interesting event took place Tuesday in Grand Island, Nebraska.  Swift has a huge meat processing plant there and employs hundreds of immigrant workers.  Tuesday morning, buses pulled up to the doors, Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers entered the buildings and arrested and removed 261 employees.

Ramifications below:

Edrie can't post but hopefully will jump in here to lead us through another session with Kent Conrad and his gang of good guys in the Senate.

Ongoing now on CSpan2 is day three of discussions on Conrad's amenment to the Ag Bill asking for monies to be used as relief funding for ranchers and farmers in drought stricken North Dakota.

Short diary, I know, but you need to hear what is going on more than you need to read another paragraph.