The American Spectator

Washington Prowler

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Howie Dean has been warned by his staffers to keep an eye on new vice-chairman Rep. Mike Honda . The California Democrat was one of Rep. Nancy Pelosi 's handpicked candidates for the DNC job, and the House minority leader has made it clear that Honda is her man at the Democratic National Committee. /p> p>Honda, for his part, has said all the right things about his new responsibilities, noting he wants to be a bridge between House Democrats and the national party. But Dean's team isn't buying it. br> "The only bridge he's serving as is the one Nancy Pelosi can walk all over," says a former Dean staffer, who may join his transition team. /p>

Dean is steaming at the continued minimizing of his role that Pelosi, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, and, most recently, former Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards have been undertaking. Over the weekend, Edwards told reporters that he did not consider the chairman of the DNC the party spokesman.

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Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, NATO, Energy