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How about Democrats turning unfriendly fire on Bush?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-952423,00.html

RIVAL Democrats tore into their presidential front-runner last night in a desperate attempt to slow his momentum towards the party’s nomination.

In the first debate of election year, the rest of the party’s presidential field criticised Howard Dean’s judgement, questioned his temperament and tried to suggest that he was ill-suited to the highest office.

Joe Lieberman, the moderate Connecticut senator who was Al Gore’s running- mate four years ago, ridiculed Dr Dean’s statement. “I don’t know how anybody could say that we’re not safer with a homicidal maniac, a brutal dictator, an enemy of the United States, a supporter of terrorism, a murderer of hundreds of thousands of his own people in prison instead of in power.”

Dr Dean’s other rivals piled in. John Kerry, the Massachusetts senator whose candidacy has been almost totally eclipsed by Dr Dean, challenged him on his comments about withholding judgement over bin Laden. “What were you thinking?” asked Mr Kerry, who added later that Dr Dean’s “inconsistencies” had raised serious questions about his ability to defeat Mr Bush.