Six more standing ovations followed. This crowd wanted to believe. It wanted to believe that America could be changed, that George Bush could be beaten. But most of all, it wanted to believe that this man -- this angry, rosy-cheeked doctor -- was going to be the next US president.
Dean vowed it was all possible. At the climax of his speech, he swore: "You have the power to take back the Democratic Party. You have the power so that the American flag belongs to every single one of us. You have the power to take back the White House in 2004, and that is exactly what we are going to do.'
It took half an hour for him to leave, finally heading off on the long drive home to Vermont. He left behind a crowd convinced that it had seen a different future. And that future was President Dean.
This story is the second part of Doctor in the house published yesterday.
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