Beantown is Deantown!

People-powered Howard came to Boston for a rally-cum-fundraiser to keep the energy going on the DNC's new drive to support the local Democratic parties in all fifty states, and he followed Blog for Boston's lead in calling out Romney's tacking in the wind to glean conservative votes. Okay, Blog for Boston had nothing to do with it, but here's what Dean said, as quoted by the AP:

Dean, former governor of neighboring Vermont and a Democratic presidential candidate in 2004, said Romney has "changed his position two or three times on fundamental issues, like a woman's right to make up her own mind on her health care; fundamental issues like whether we respect all citizens or only some of them.
"That is not courage," Dean said to a group of about 300 supporters gathered in the Park Plaza Hotel for a fundraiser. "It's important to win elections, incredibly important. It's more important to do the right thing."
Dean's comments echoed criticisms from Romney's political foes that he is trying to tailor a more conservative message on social issues as he weighs a possible run for the Republican presidential nomination for 2008.
Republican governors "all toe the party line whether it's good for the state or not," Dean said.
"The most important thing in this country is not the Democratic Party or the Republican Party," Dean said. "It's the people of this country. That's what the Republicans have forgotten."

In a brilliant comeback, Mass GOP top dog Tim O'Brien said, "The citizens of Massachusetts don't need Howard Dean's evil rhetoric to know the governor has been a good governor who shares their priorities."

I guess Dean has replaced Iraq in the GOP Axis of Evil. What next, Tim, claims that he's hiding WMDs in his trousers?