by Scott Ott
(2004-02-17) -- Embattled Democrat presidential candidate Howard Dean today hired former Iraqi Information Minister Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf to replace campaign chairman Steve Grossman who left the Dean team yesterday.
Mr. al-Sahaf is best known to Americans as 'Baghdad Bob', the Ba'ath Party spokesman whose contagious optimism delighted TV viewers worldwide even as Coalition troops rapidly overthrew the regime of his boss, Saddam Hussein.
"I will open my first news conference," said Mr. al-Sahaf, "by simply repeating exactly what Howard Dean told NBC today. 'I think it’s possible for us to do well even if we don’t win [in Wisconsin today]. Our campaign is not in turmoil at all. We're moving forward, and we're going to go to Super Tuesday and on beyond that. We have an enormous base of grassroots support."
In introducing his new campaign chairman, Mr. Dean said, "I have finally found a loyal man who stays positive even in challenging circumstances. I don't need Steve Grossman or any of the other pathetic rats who are jumping ship at the first sign of trouble. And I'll try to be gracious when they all come crawling up to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue looking for a job in January 2005."
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