''Give 'Em The Truth, Howard, And They'll THINK It's Hell''

"LITTLE ROCK - Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said Saturday that the way to win the 2008 presidential election is for Democrats to impress upon others their moral conviction and do right by the country. "What we need as Democrats more than anything else is to stand up and be proud of who we are and show America what we believe and what our convictions are," the 2004 presidential candidate and former Vermont governor told a breakfast crowd of about 500 Democrats at the state Capitol building. "If we do that, we're going to take this country back."-from Blogging for Bayh. From the post, on DeLay: "Let's investigate the dishonesty of Tom DeLay," Dean said. Last year, the House ethics committee admonished DeLay three times, and new questions have been raised in recent weeks about his overseas travel. DeLay has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with violating any law. According to recent newspaper reports, DeLay traveled to Russia in 1997 on a trip paid for by business interests and his wife and daughter have been paid more than $500,000 since 2001 by his political action and campaign committees. DeLay defended the payments as something that other lawmakers have done and said he took the trip believing it had been paid for by a nonprofit organization."