Yeaaaaaaaaaaaah! Er, Nooooooooo!
In more DNC Chair Howard Dean news, Drudge is reporting today that the Dr. of Disology is ducked out of a joint appearance with RNC Chair Ken Mehlman on NBC’s Meet The Press today:
The DRUDGE REPORT has learned from exclusive sources that Democrat Party Chair Howard Dean turned down Republican Party Chair Ken Mehlman’s last minute offer to appear together on NBC’s MEET THE PRESS this morning.
Moments before taping was to begin with host Tim Russert, Mehlman asked Dean outside the NBC studio’s green room: “There’s still time for us to go on together Governor.” Dean declined with a shrug of his shoulders and an uncomfortable cackle and then proceeded to walk away into the green room.
DRUDGE has learned MEET THE PRESS producers have been working to get a head to head Dean/Mehlman appearance on the program since Dean was named chair back in February. Dean and his handlers have repeatedly turned down the request. The former Vermont governor only agreed to do this week’s program if they appeared in back-to-back interviews.
Mehlman brought up Dean’s unwillingness to appear alongside him during the show: “I was hoping that Chairman Dean would be on sitting next to me this morning. Maybe we can do that on a future program. Look, he’s somebody I’ve enjoyed getting to know. We meet in a lot of green roomsΓ’β¬Β¦.”
Tim Russert: “We invited him — do you have a question for him?”
Former Dem Party Chair Terry McAuliffe participated in regular head-to-head appearances with his Republican counterparts during his tenure from Γ’β¬Λ01 to Γ’β¬Λ05. McAuliffe went head-to-head with Republican chairmen at least five times on MEET THE PRESS alone, going up against past GOP chairs Ed Gillespie (twice), Marc Racicot (twice) and Jim Gilmore (once).
Drudge has labelled Dr. Dean “Howard The Duck” – heh.
Seriously, wonder what’s up with this?
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