Howard Dean Gets Down And Dirty

Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean likes to present himself as a breath of fresh air: He won’t join the cynical, insider political culture that he repeatedly describes in speeches as “Say whatever it takes to get elected.”





So it was with considerable glee this week that a top aide to a Dean opponent informed me that the former Vermont governor has just hired killer gumshoe Ace Smith to gather dirt on political rivals.





The very same Ace Smith who ran “oppo research” for sharp-elbowed, soon-to-be-ex-California Gov. Gray Davis – “puke campaigns,” in the words of Arnold Schwarzenegger.



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