Dean turns 55, more than aliveBy SCOTT SHEPARD Cox News Service
WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean partied across the nation's capital Monday evening, celebrating his 55th birthday with the confident air of a frontrunner for the party's 2004 nomination.
Hundreds of Asian Americans attending a "town hall" meeting for the Democratic candidates serenaded the former Vermont governor with "Happy Birthday," after which Rep. David Wu of Oregon, only the third Chinese-American ever to serve in Congress, announced his endorsement of Dean.
"Birthday's are important, but this is not a birthday present," Wu declared from the stage he shared with Dean. "He shows up. He has real passion. He shoots straight from the shoulder."
Dean was, in fact, the only one of the nine Democratic presidential candidates to accept the invitation to appear at the town hall event, sponsored by the Asian American Action Fund, a political action committee created to amplify the political voice of Asian Americans.
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