Katha Pollitt examines the media's treatment of Dean and wonders, like many of us, wtf?

Every time the press pooh- poohs his chances, every time they gloat over some trivial misstatement, every time they make fun of Vermont and describe his supporters as "Birkenstocked" "Deanyboppers," I think about the free ride the media give Bush, who says more false and foolish things in an afternoon than Dean has said in a lifetime, who is unmaking everything good about this country from Head Start to habeas corpus, who is stacking the government with faith healers and fanatics, my fingers itch to write Dean another check.

I recommend Pollitt's collection of essays and columns, Subject to Debate: Sense and Dissents on Women, Politics, and Culture; it's very good.