Presidential candidate Dean = "West Wing" President Bartlet ?

Carla Marinucci, SF Chronicle

-- The motto for the "West Wing" president: "Bartlet for America." The motto for Dean's campaign: "Dean for America."

-- Dean is the former modest-in-stature liberal Democratic governor of a small New England state (Vermont). Bartlet is the former modest-in-stature liberal Democratic governor of a small New England state (New Hampshire).

-- Their wives -- the real Dr. Judith Steinberg and the fictional Abbie Bartlet -- are physicians.

-- Both are doctors -- TV's Bartlet is a Ph.D, Dean an M.D.