![]() ![]() "He looked me right in the eye and he said, 'I am not going to give up'," recalls Dolan. When Dean stopped before her, Dolan says she shook his hand and pleaded him not to quit. One of those people was travel agent Maggie Dolan, who has never donated to a campaign before and secured a coveted spot on the receiving line. At the Minneapolis Convention Center approximately $90,000 was raised from the 360 people who paid for $100 or $1000 tickets to sip punch and savor pastries at a two-tiered fundraiser for the Governor. Though his pile of chips may be dwindling, Dean is still receiving some backing. And, some of the press corps noted, Dean's favorite musician Wyclef Jean once did a remix of the Rogers classic. After all, "you better know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em," is good counsel for the Governor, who is placing all his bets on one state. Inspiration struck as soon as the previous owner's name was uttered: Gambler I. Then Thursday afternoon in Madison, Wis., the press corps boarded a 40-passenger DC-9, which was once owned by Kenny Rogers. Within the past couple of weeks the Dean campaign has flown on Pearl Jam I, Pearl Jam II, Cheese Head I and an unnamed Gulf Stream. 13 - It makes sense that the campaign that changes course often also changes airplanes on a regular basis. Until then Howard Dean is savoring the final moments as a presidential candidate. ![]() Reports of legacies, contributions and analysis of Dean's political carcass will come in their time. Tonight the death watchers join the core traveling press to Vermont. The Governor loves the t-shirts.)Ĭritics chalk it up to denial, but regular slips into the past tense reveal signs of an understanding that his is unlikely to regain his front-runner status. Today the fun continues as he visits the factory that manufactures his new favorite root beer and receives his very own Dean Press Corps 2004 t-shirt, which read "Establishment Media" on the front and "We Have The Power," on the back. Last night, in fact, he took the stage in rolled up sleeves as the Wisconsin fight song blared at his last Badger State rally. The Governor breaks out with the Wisconsin fight song spontaneously. He played ping pong with a teenager in Milwaukee. Just last week he tackled water purification and dog pee with middle school aged children and then cow poop at a dairy farm. (Yes, also bitter about Valentine's Day.) On route back to the frozen-block-of-cheese state (Has my bitterness to being in Wisconsin in February been duly noted, yet?) he teased a reporter about the horror of being stuck in the motel room unable to open the door or the window and eventually escaping when a photog charming broke down the door. Later he appears relaxed with wife Judy at his side as they posed for a photograph with their son at his last regular high school hockey game at the same hour that other presidential candidates stood before cameras at the Wisconsin J.J. ![]() On the Gulf Stream back to Vermont last weekend the Governor joined the traveling press in a raucous card game of Oh Hell. Rather than be discouraged by the shift in focus, the candidate is rolling with the punches. Getting back to "real life," instead of campaign strategy, is the hot topic of conversation among staff and press. Some within the rank and file adorn their lapels with Miller High life pins instead of the customary Dean campaign buttons. On the ground, the National Campaign Chairman is gone and there are reports that senior advisors have their bags packed for beaches and European cities. ![]() He peers out from gold-framed bookish glasses and catches glimpses of the Wisconsin landscape underneath clouds as white as the blank computer screens that will soon record the tale of Howard Dean and his Wisconsin Hail Mary. Reports filed prior to December 1 were by ABCNEWS' Marc Ambinder. — - ABCNEWS' Reena Singh was on the campaign trail with former Vermont Gov. ![]()
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