LAUREL, DE—During a campaign stop Monday, Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Gov. Howard Dean expressed great pleasure to be at a chair factory. “I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to be with the fine men and women of the Laurel Chair Works on this beautiful day,” Dean told the crowd of 200 employees, donning a Laurel Chair Works baseball hat given to him by factory owner Darrell Widcock. “Just as you have done for so many satisfied customers throughout Delaware, it is my hope that you can provide me with a ‘seat’ in the White House.”
Earlier in the day, Dean was overjoyed to be at an elementary school, a mall, a senior-citizen community center, a road-side rest stop, and an Episcopalian Church.