Sic 'em, Dick!

Dick Gephardt turns up the heat on Dean.

"The only way we can beat George Bush is to be clear about where we stand and to be truthful with the American people. To me, there is no room for the cynical politics of manufactured anger and false conviction. I believe in standing for something, and I think all of you do too."

"I've come to realize that Howard Dean isn't shooting from the hip. That's just making excuses for him. Howard Dean knows exactly what he's saying when he says it. And if you think he's contradicting himself, well, as far as he's concerned that's your problem, not his. Democrats deserve a lot better than that."

You can say a lot of things about Dick Gephardt. One of them is that this time, he's absolutely right.