Today is the third anniversary of the death of our friend and colleague Dean Barnett. We loved him, and we miss him. But we are inspired by his memory–by his strength of character, his extraordinary courage, his gift for friendship, and his zest for life.
Dean would have loved this presidential election. He admired Mitt Romney and got to know his fellow Bay Stater when he volunteered for the 1994 campaign against Ted Kennedy. Dean believed Americans never got to know the real Romney in the 2008 presidential race. “I often marvel at how the public perception of Mr. Romney differs so radically from the man I know,” Dean wrote in the New York Times. He later added in that piece: “He is a wonderful and gifted guy. It would be nice if he and his campaign allowed the voters in on that secret.”
