The Carpetbagger Report gets results

Just days after imploring the Dean campaign to stop using Paul Wellstone’s famous applause line (“I represent the Democratic Party wing of the Democratic Party”) without attribution, Carpetbagger has learned from two sources that the good doctor has finally told an audience the source of the remark.

In speaking at a Capitol Hill fundraiser this afternoon, Dean finally acknowledged the source of the quote. Before telling the audience at the Capital City Brewing Co. about which wing of the party he represents, he said, “As Paul Wellstone said…”

This is an exciting development. Not only has a presidential candidate has stopped trying to steal someone else’s famous quip, but the situation has unfolded in such a way to allow me to take full credit for the change.