Florida Republicans use Dean's scream

It's the scream that will never die.

Howard Dean's primal yell after he finished third in the 2004 Iowa caucus was the beginning of the end for the former Vermont governor's presidential hopes.

Now, the Florida Republican Party is recycling it in a TV ad to woo angry Democrats -- and pummel the Democratic establishment for threatening to not seat delegates because Sunshine State Democrats agreed to a Jan. 29 primary in violation of party rules.

The Democratic National Committee, led by Dean, put the hammer down, saying that presidential candidates would be penalized for campaigning in Florida.

The ad snarkily notes that when Dean, in an ever-louder voice, listed state after state that he would go to next, Florida wasn't mentioned. The spot also criticizes the Democratic presidential contenders for abiding by the boycott, while still raising money in the state.

"Tell Dean and the Democrat powerbrokers we won't forget how the Democrats turned their back on Florida," the narrator intones. "Make your vote count. Vote Republican."