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unfrigginreal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 04:59 PM
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Dean out in front as campaign heats up
By ROB HOTAKAINEN, McClatchy Washington Bureau

NEW YORK (October 25, 1:42 p.m. PDT) - After making her way to the front of the crowd of 10,000 people at Manhattan's Bryant Park, Heather Palazzo, 32, let out a scream: "I touched him!"

Then the desktop publisher from New Haven, Conn., explained her delight in making contact with Howard Dean, the former Democratic governor of Vermont: "He has a ton of charisma! He's very sexy!"

Plenty of folks are trying to get their hands on Dean these days, particularly his Democratic rivals for the party's 2004 presidential nomination. Polls show that Dean has emerged as the candidate to beat, and that means fending off attacks.

They're coming from all sides.

Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts says Dean is out to raise taxes. Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri says he once wanted to cut Medicare. And Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut suggests that Dean is too liberal and would lead the party back into the "political wilderness."

more...

http://www.tribnet.com/24hour/politics/story/1036208p-7274989c.html
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 05:04 PM
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1. heehee. Political groupies. Gotta love it.
Add a touch more guitar playing and they'll be swooning I tell ya!
;-)
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Demobrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 05:11 PM
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2. Put him in a pair of jeans and a leather jacket,
give him a guitar, and I bet his support would double overnight.
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hedda_foil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 05:24 PM
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3. Ya mean like this ? If we build it, they will come.
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JNelson6563 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 05:34 PM
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4. Great pic!
I love it. Dean rocks!

Julie
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 05:37 PM
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5. Great Graphic!
Thanks.
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Demobrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 08:32 PM
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14. WHOA!
Yes! Just like that!
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belle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 05:42 PM
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6. BACK into the political wilderness, Joe??
Edited on Sat Oct-25-03 05:43 PM by belle
I mean, *you* may be in your own personal Club Med, but for those of us *not* living in the Bizarro World, this IS the wilderness. And you, sir, are no Moses. Hell, you're not even Moses the greengrocer on Bleecker and Third. Go home, Joe. Go quietly.
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w13rd0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 06:09 PM
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7. Well Joe...
...if Dean gets the nomination, you'd best support him, or it'll be you who will be "in the wilderness" in the Dean WH Administration...
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imax2268 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 06:40 PM
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8. They say a picture is worth a thousand words...
Well...I found this and I think it speaks for itself...

Dean supporters
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 06:51 PM
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9. Here's another great photo titled "Dean Scene" from Falls Church, Virginia
IT WAS THE LARGEST political assembly ever convened in of the City of Falls Church. Over 4,000 citizens from throughout the greater Washington, D.C., area descended in the City's historic Cherry Hill Park last Saturday to listen and show support for Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean. Dean is shown here greeting the throng shortly after moving onto the stage for the first stop in a whirlwind "Sleepless Summer Tour" that put him in front of similar mass rallies in eight U.S. cities in four days. More photos of the historic event are on Page 13 and a comment on his candidacy appears in the "White House Report" on Page 5. (News-Press photo)
http://www.fcnp.com/325/story4.htm
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 06:54 PM
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10. All good news!
I am thrilled that Dean is doing so well, I couldn't be happier!

We are working hard for him where I live, and I know it's making a difference. Yay!

Bought a car today, the salesman was for Dean, I gave him a button. (And no, he didn't tell me he liked Dean to make the sale, the deal was already done.)

Going out to put a Dean sticker on my new car! :bounce:
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imax2268 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 07:01 PM
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11. I have been...
doing some homework on Dean...I was a bit stand-offish at first...but doing some research and seeing how strong and passionate he is...that's all I needed...I am putting my vote for Dean...Let's kick "w"'s ass out of the White House...

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MGKrebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 07:08 PM
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12. More good news for Dean:
If the next general election were held now with Bush as the Republican candidate and retired General Wesley Clark as the Democratic candidate, 43 percent would vote for or lean towards Clark, while 49 percent would vote for or lean towards Bush; an increase of two percentage points for Bush over Clark from the Newsweek poll of October 9-10, 2003, when 47 percent would vote for Bush and 43 percent for Clark, a statistical dead-heat. A matchup between Bush and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean would see the same result: 49 to 43 percent, a narrower margin (six percent) than in the last Newsweek Poll when Bush led Dean by nine percent. By comparison, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry trails Bush by 42 v. 50 percent, Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman trails Bush by 43 v. 50 and Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt trails Bush by 42 v. 51 percent, the poll shows.

Among Democrats and Democratic leaners, Dean has overtaken Clark as favorite for the party's presidential nomination for the first time since Clark entered the race, with 15 percent. Close behind, 12 percent favor Clark, while Kerry, Gephardt and the Rev. Al Sharpton are tied at eight percent each.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031025/nysa015_1.html
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intheozone Donating Member (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 07:38 PM
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13. Jr. must worried sick,
more and more Dean is started to look, sound and be thought of like Bill Clinton, without the baggage and bad reputation! Jr. must be having nightmares of himself voted out of office by Dean supporters the same way his Dad was voted out by Clinton supporters. That will be a dream come true for me!

Please, please, if there is a god, please let her make history repeat itself in '04.

I take heart in what Dean said, "Remember what happened the last time a governor from a small state ran against a Bush." or something to that effect!

Go Howard, go, help us get our country back!!!
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Voltaire99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 10:09 PM
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15. After he referred to Washington "cockroaches," I wanted to shake his hand
He should make a habit of it.
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