''Chairman/Gov. Dean and the Democrats''

"Today, a key Democratic source tells The Note, Howard Dean will announce that Tom McMahon will be the DNC executive director. Also slated to be announced: Pam Womack (a long-time DGA fixture) will lead the effort to work with state parties to help identify resources and programs that are needed to maximize efforts on behalf of Democrats in every state. Womack's presence is meant to said a message that Dean will live up to the pledge he made during the race for chair, that he will give unprecedented assistance to the state parties. No decisions yet on political or field director. The DNC's jackie-of-all-trades from 2004, Tracy Sefl, is leaving the party to join the SEIU-funded anti-Wal-Mart campaign. She'll serve as communications adviser and research director for the nascent group. It's a move we think the Walton family will surely Notice. Dean, in Canada, called Republicans "brain dead," which is not perhaps the most politic phrase to use right now." LINK to the story in the Toronto Star. -from ABC News The Note's story, "Life and Liberty."