PROPAMAMA

"I do not intend to drag her around because I think I need her as a prop on the campaign trail" - Howard Dean prior to his loss in Iowa

"Dean said in an interview on Saturday that he believes his wife's presence is helping him, and his aides evidently believe so, too. The campaign has said it is distributing 50,000 videocassette copies of an interview the couple granted to ABC News on Thursday." -Associated Press report from Saturday 1/24