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The Heat is On (Boston, MA) From the hallways of the Fleet Center to the bar stools of Loch Ober, the Democrats here are giddy at the prospect that their long national nightmare--their time in the wilderness--is almost over. Boston is their spiritual home. They are doing their best to keep the primal anti-Bush outbursts to a minimum. They even managed to keep Howard Dean on a relatively short leash. (Remember, for Teresa Heinz Kerry, telling someone to "shove it" actually is good behavior!) The Dems have a token Southerner on the ticket - always a sign that they are...

The morning clouds have broken, dispelling the threat of rain. I head over to Waterfront Park, where a clutch of joggers limbers up near the Burnside Bridge. On this Saturday morning, I have traded in my reporter's notepad for a tape recorder and a pair of running shoes. My mission: to infiltrate Run Against Bush, a grassroots organization dedicated to defeating George W. Bush in November by an unconventional method--putting one foot in front of the other. Started in February by an impromptu group of Washington, D.C., political neophytes, Run Against Bush now boasts 4,000 members from all 50 states...