Dean Pankassed by Public Employees

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees have withdrawn their support of Howard Dean and with that another component of the once mean Dean Machine has come flying off, injuring several technicians in the process. As the AP says:

"The defection denies Dean valuable organizers, money and political contacts at the worst possible time: The one-time front-runner is fighting for his political life after going winless in the first spate of primary season contests."

Perhaps it is time for Dean to quit while he's behind, endorse Edwards* (c'mon, he's a cool dude and everybody likes Edwards) and bequeath his formerly formidable operation to the gentleman from North Carolina.

Via Political Wire

*Yes, I realize that Kerry is becoming "inevitable", but I can still root for this eloquent happy warrior.