''Dean calls on Democrats to be active nationwide''

"In an energetic fund-raiser to benefit Collier County Democrats on Monday night, former presidential candidate Howard Dean called on his party to avoid polls and political jargon and lead with conviction and passion. "This party needs to become a party of grass-roots activities," Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said at the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club."-from the story today in the News-Press (Fort Myers, FL).