Democrats: The New Libertarians?

Howard Dean is doing a tour of some Western states and had this to say in Idaho:

"People say, 'Why'd you come here? This is a Republican state,' but they're wrong. This is a libertarian area. We're going to win on a Western platform next time."

Count me as one who would welcome someone bringing a REAL "western platform" to the table and not just lipservice to fiscal sanity, personal freedom and accountability, and small government, but I'll believe it when I see it. The Democrats have some work to do in a lot of areas to be considered "libertarian". Then again, so do the Republicans.