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"Teresa Heinz drops 'Kerry'," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/opinion/columnists/whispers/s_300508.html, 6 February 2005 (from Fark).

"Wife Will Not Join DNC CHairman Howard Dean in Washington," Drudge Report, http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3hd.htm, 13 February 2005.

Trouble for DNC Chairman Howard Dean

Howard Dean won the chairmanship of the national Democratic Party over the weekend and quickly began looking for a home in Washington.

"This is really goodbye to Vermont, for now. There's lots of work to do," Dean told supporters.

Eyebrows were raised after it was revealed that Dean's wife, Judy, will not be joining her husband in his move.

"She has a career as a doctor, her patients require her attention," said one Dean friend.

The Deans will join the growing ranks of "commuter marriages," with both partners living in different locations.

A campaign convenience is no more.

According to The Washington Times, Teresa Heinz, the erstwhile Teresa Heinz Kerry, has stopped using the last name of her husband, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, last year's Democrat presidential nominee.

Preceding its Women Who Make a Difference Awards dinner next month, the National Council for Research on Women is featuring "a conversation with Teresa Heinz," according to a release from the organization. The council failed to mention the final half of the Fox Chapel ketchup heiress' formerly elongated last name in several other references.

You might see Teresa's decision as a real slap in the face to John, but I'll bet he's not taking it too hard. You see, there's plenty of nuance involved here. After all, she did change her name to Kerry, before she changed it back.