Former Vermont Gov. Howie Dean isn't surrendering even the smallest, most inconsequential segment of the Democratic Party to the likes of Sen. John Kerry or Sen. Joe Lieberman. That's why he could be found pressing the flesh, as it were, in Manhattan's Greenwich Village recently, and speaking at the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender Center. Dean was welcomed enthusiastically, and seemed particularly focused on Transgender voters, mentioning them several times. "Maybe he thinks they can vote twice, depending on the timing of their transgendering, or whatever you call it," says a member of the New York Conservative Party. "It's certainly a group not many politicians anywhere look to woo." Dean, who isn't expected to last long into the primary season, has seen his long shot presidential aspirations slide into oblivion in the aftermath of the successful Operation Iraqi Freedom. Dean was able to raise about $500 from his speech at the center. In the same period of time, Sen. Lieberman raised $100,000.