Drudge is reporting that Howlin Howie Dean ducked a chance to appear with Ken Mehlman on Meet the Press.  It seems in Howie's entire tenure as head of the DNC, he has yet to have a joint appearance with his Republican counter part, even though Terry McAuliffe did so 5 times.

The allegation is that the 'handlers' of Howie do not want such a confrontation, only God knows why.  Howie can stick his foot in his mouth without any help!  And besides, seeing him getting verbally beat up by a big bad Republican would only solidify the 'bleeding heart' liberal base who always goes for the underdog - except when they dont agree with them.

Since Iowa in January 04, Howard has been known as Howlin Howie.  But with the start of the new (06) campaign season, I guess that is changing to Howard the Duck.

Beak me baby!