Cognitive Dissonance

What's great about reading a wide variety of political views throughout the blogosphere is, first, coming across posts about an event that people went to that was not widely reported and, second, seeing how widely the interpretation of that event can vary. For instance, the DNC reports on Howard Dean's trip to Kansas, while GOP Bloggers takes the chance to associate Dean with an agenda that is not his own and remind everyone of a quotation taken out of context.

On the broader issue at hand, I'm glad to see that Dean is storming around the country, even if his mouth is moving a bit faster than his brain. Someone (several someones, in fact, as many someones as possible) needs to be out there spreading the good word and letting people know what Democrat's actually think, as opposed to what radical GOPers make people think what Democrats think.

Of course, a lot more is needed than speeches. I'm going to enjoy watching the discussions as the party tries to come to grips with what it thinks to be true.