From Americablog which quotes from AP
Obama tells Dean he's not welcome at event introducing new DNC chair
Democrats with knowledge of the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid angering the Obama team, say Dean won't attend the event at the request of Obama advisers.
Say what ?!?!? The guy responsible for Dems having a 50 states strong party for Obama to lean on while campaigning is getting thrown under the bus ?
As Joe at Americablog says:
There is a real problem when Joe Lieberman is treated better than Howard Dean
Add to it this ridiculous possible appointment of Sanjay Gupta (what Doogie Howser was busy ?) to Surgeon General, a post Howard Dean is infinitely more qualified to do and I see a major problem here.
We progressives picked Obama over Hillary, now he disses all that took him to the prom to dance with the ones who campaigned against him
I had a feeling Howard Dean was being majorly snubbed when he left the DNC, now we know by who. What we need to find out is WHY ?
As people question the "Anonymous" quote, fact is Dean won't be present on Tim Kaine's announcement
From Huffington post
Barack Obama is set to host a press conference with incoming Democratic National Committee Chair Tim Kaine on Thursday in what will ostensibly mark the beginning of a new era for the party and the committee.
Noticeably absent from the affair will be the individual who symbolized the old regime.
Former Gov. Howard Dean is not on the list of attendees for the event
UPDATE: In spite of Lizz Sidotti writing the AP article, the fact remains: Dean won't be there, after bringing Dems to victory Howard Dean deserves a lot more respect and appreciation from Obama than what he is getting.