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July 6 - 12

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July 12 Stories:

  • Howard Dean to Guest Blog for Lawrence Lessig
    Slashdot - Jul 12, 2003
    ... we all remember from Eldred v. Ashcroft) is going on vacation, and his weblog will
    be guest-hosted by Democratic presidential candidate Governor Howard Dean. ...
  • 4 Democrats Share Lead in National Poll
    ap - Jul 12, 2003
    ... Newsweek poll released Saturday. Joe Lieberman was at 13 percent,
    Howard Dean 12 percent and John Kerry 10 percent. The poll has ...
  • Dean Faces Challenges in Presidential Bid
    AP- Jul 12, 2003
    Now Democrat Howard Dean says he must urgently expand his political machine,
    broaden his message and soften the rough edges of his personality. ...
  • Democrats react to Bush's comments on Tenet%)
    AP - Jul 12, 2003
    ... buy uranium in Africa. Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean says Tenet
    is simply the White House's scapegoat. Dean tells NBC's "Today ...
  • Bush Expresses Faith in CIA Director
    Bismarck Tribune, ND - Jul 12, 2003
    ... replied: "I do.". Not so fast, says Howard Dean, a former Vermont governor
    running for the Democratic presidential nomination. Tenet is ...
  • Gephardt rips Democratic rivals over trade
    St. Louis Post Dispatch, MO - Jul 12, 2003
    ... John Kerry and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean for supporting the North American
    Free Trade Agreement, which he said has drained thousands of jobs from the US. ...
  • Dean Faces Challenges in Presidential Bid
    AP- 1 hour ago
    ... Now Democrat Howard Dean says he must urgently expand his presidential bid,
    broaden his message and soften the rough edges of his personality. ...
  • Gephardt Brings Political Spotlight to Iowa
    KCRG, IA - Jul 12, 2003
    ... the leaders are.". "I think he's going to have some challenges, I
    think that Howard Dean is going to give him a challenge.. but I ...
  • Dean's surge poses challenges for him, Democratic rivals
    AP- 1 hour ago
    ... Now Democrat Howard Dean says he must urgently expand his presidential bid,
    broaden his message and soften the rough edges of his personality. ...
  • Women voters a battleground in 2004
    Austin American Statesman, TX - Jul 12, 2003
    ... Gov. Howard Dean of Vermont, the only top-tier candidate to participate
    in NOW's the organization's candidate forum Friday evening. ...

  • Bush Says He Has Faith in CIA Director
    AP- 33 minutes ago
    ... replied: "I do.". Not so fast, says Howard Dean, a former Vermont governor
    running for the Democratic presidential nomination. Tenet is ...
  • The Democrats' brewing civil war
    Salon (watch ad) GREAT STORY. GREAT ANALYSIS- 2 hours ago
    ... July 12, 2003 | Joe Trippi is managing Howard Dean’s presidential campaign,
    and when you ask him about the Democratic Leadership Council, a group ...
  • Machinists' Union Endorses Gephardt
    New York Times - 27 minutes ago
    ... nomination, former Gov. Howard Dean of Vermont, the only other candidate
    invited to the conference, captured 22 percent. "Dick Gephardt ...
  • Democrats Headline NAACP Convention
    Tampa Tribune, FL - 35 minutes ago
    ... Miami. Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, Sens. Bob Graham of Miami Lakes
    and John Kerry of Massachusetts, former Illinois Sen. Carol ...

  • Washington Post-ABC News Poll: War in Iraq
    DETAILED POLL RESULTS HERE Washington Post, DC - 6 hours ago
    ... your state were being held today, and the candidates were: (Joseph Lieberman, Richard
    Gephardt, John Kerry, John Edwards, Al Sharpton, Bob Graham, Howard Dean ...

  • Machinists Endorse Gephardt
    Washington Post, DC - 2 hours ago
    ... Moreover, former Vermont governor Howard Dean is gaining momentum in Iowa, where
    Gephardt won the first-in-the-nation caucus in 1988 and needs to win again in ...

  • CIA chief takes rap for Bush's false war claim
    Guardian, UK - 3 hours ago
    ... In Washington, two Democratic presidential contenders Senators Joe Lieberman and
    Howard Dean called for an investigation into the false intelligence given to ...

  • Dean in Middle Ground at NOW Forum
    AP- 3 hours ago
    By WILL LESTER. ARLINGTON, Va. -- Howard Dean found himself in an unusual position
    Friday night -- the most moderate candidate in the group, watching other ...

  • Bush faces calls for war probe
    Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - 3 hours ago
    Democratic presidential hopefuls Senator Joseph Lieberman and former Vermont Governor
    Howard Dean demanded investigations yesterday into false intelligence ...

  • Nader Urging Democrats to Back Kucinich in '04 Primaries
    Common Dreams - 4 hours ago
    ... Howard Dean, he faulted the Democratic field for not attacking President Bush with
    gusto on the Iraqi war and corporate scandals, such as the Enron bankruptcy. ...

  • A Hatchet Job On Howard Dean
    Hartford Courant (Letter to the editor)

 

July 11 Stories:

  • BBC: Bush challengers focus on Iraq disarry Profile: Howard Dean
    Scripps Howard News Service - 53 minutes ago
    By LANCE GAY. - Howard Dean is a five-time former governor of Vermont,
    the Ben & Jerry's state. And he's certainly the flavor of ...
  • Only one-third of Americans can name a Democratic candidate (That's freaking sad.)
    AP - 21 minutes ago
    ... Asked which Democrat comes to mind first, 7 percent of those polled mentioned
    former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, and the same number said Sen. ...
  • Gephardt picks up machinists' endorsement
    AP - 27 minutes ago
    ... But Gephardt's rival, Howard Dean, also collected some votes before
    the union delegates decided to make the endorsement unanimous. ...
  • Kerry Raps Bush Policy on Postwar Iraq
    Washington Post (Dan Balz)- 1 hour ago
    ... Brushing aside a question about the success of former Vermont governor Howard Dean,
    who led the Democratic field in fundraising during the second quarter of ...

  • Christopher Caldwell: Dean's machine
    Financial Times (subscription), UK - 1 hour ago
    Until last week, Howard Dean, the 54-year-old physician and former governor of
    Vermont, was viewed as a curiosity among Democratic presidential candidates. ... 

     

  • White House Says CIA Cleared State Of Union Speech
    AP- 11 minutes ago
    ... Another presidential contender, Howard Dean, wants a resignation from any government
    official who failed to tell the president that claims about Iraq buying ...
  • Nader considers another run for presidency
    Dallas Morning News, via Charleston Post Courier, SC - 7 hours ago
    ... He said that Bush "is very vulnerable, but not if you campaign the way the major
    candidates, except for (former Vermont Gov. Howard) Dean and (Ohio Rep. ...
  • Some Moderate Democrats Could Like Dean
    ABC News - 6 hours ago
    He's known as the anti-war candidate whose appeal is to the liberal wing of the
    Democratic Party, and some Republicans say if Howard Dean gets the nomination ...


  • Dems. Seeking Nomination to Go to NAACP
    AP- 2 hours ago
    ... annual convention, which starts Sunday in Miami. Former Vermont Gov.
    Howard Dean, Sens. John Edwards of North Carolina, Bob Graham ...
  • Democrats Line Up to Attack Bush Over Iraq
    Reuters, UK - 2 hours ago
    ... White House rivals in the crowded Democratic race, Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut,
    former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, Florida Sen. Bob Graham and Sen. ...
  • Howard Dean speaks at local backyard bash
    Rockingham News, NH - 5 hours ago
    ATKINSON - Howard Dean supporters from across the state and the region gathered under
    a scorching July sun in the back yard of a local family last Saturday to ...
  • The Rise of Dean and What It Means
    Washington Dispatch - 7 hours ago
    ... it has been virtually impossible to read a newspaper or newsmagazine without coming
    across an article regarding the rise of former Vermont Governor, Howard Dean ...

  • The trouble with Howard Dean 
    Salon (subscription) - HOW COULD THEY? My buddies! It's the cover story. They're making the freaking McGovern argument. Ugh. They need to read my post on that.
     ... July 11, 2003 | Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean is the only Democratic presidential
    candidate who has stirred any interest beyond party regulars. ...
  • The Candidates: Howard Dean
    American Daily, OH - 9 hours ago
    Fully considering Howard Dean would prove to be a much longer and more involved
    process than any standard length column (750 words) would allow, but here is ... 
  • Who Are These Guys? - CBS News
  • Howard Dean? Antiwar!?
    Antiwar.com, CA - 7 hours ago
    ... Yeah, that's the one we want'," Then, "Rove exhorted the marchers and
    the parade audience: " 'Come on, everybody! Go, Howard Dean!'.". ... 
  • The Associated Press
    MLive.com, MI - 42 minutes ago
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- He's known as the anti-war candidate whose appeal is to the liberal
    wing of the Democratic Party, and some Republicans say if Howard Dean ... 
  • 'LIBERAL' DOSE OF VERMONT COULD DOOM DEAN
    'LIBERAL' DOSE OF VERMONT COULD DOOM DEAN
    NY Post Op/Ed - 47 minutes ago
    By DEBORAH ORIN. THE buzz in Democratic circles is whether anti-war
    2004 contender Howard Dean is the new George McGovern. Maybe ...
    -
  • Some moderate Dems in Congress say they could ...
    AP- 1 hour ago
    He's known as the anti-war candidate whose appeal is to the liberal wing of the
    Democratic Party, and some Republicans say if Howard Dean gets the nomination ...
  • Newsweek's Clift offers predictions
    Charleston Gazette, WV - 3 hours ago
    ... Howard Dean “because he’s been able to do what the rest of the
    candidates have not, and that’s generate some excitement.”. ...
  • Election Officials Say Presidential-Funding System Needs Money
    Bloomberg - 3 hours ago
    ... week. Most Democrats are expected to use public financing, though only
    Vermont Governor Howard Dean has made his request official. ...
  • Liberal Democrats' Perverse Foreign Policy
    Washington Post, DC - 4 hours ago
    ... There are the usual suspects, Jesse Jackson and the New York Times, but the most
    unapologetic proponent of the no-Iraq/yes-Liberia school is Howard Dean ...

  • George W. on the Defensive
    Washington Post, DC - 4 hours ago
    ... When Debra DeShong, communications director at the Democratic National Committee,
    returned my call on her cell phone to comment on all the money Howard Dean ...

  • The Candidates: Howard Dean
    Intellectual Conservative, AZ - 5 hours ago
    Fully considering Howard Dean would prove to be a much longer and more involved
    process than any standard length column (750 words) would allow, but here is ...

  • Will Nader Run? It Depends in Part, He Says, on 2 Others
    New York Times - 6 hours ago
    ... own: Representative Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio and former Gov. Howard
    Dean of Vermont. Mr. Nader said any growth in support for Mr ...

  • Powell: Critics of Bush reaching
    USA Today - 6 hours ago
    ... Former Vermont governor Howard Dean called for the resignation of any administration
    official who knowingly passed on false information. Massachusetts Sen. ...

  • Dean Question's Bush's Truthfulness With Iraq
    Boston Channel.com, MA - 7 hours ago
    DERRY, NH -- On Thursday, Democrat presidential contenders John Kerry and Howard
    Dean continued their criticism of President George W. Bush and his claim ...

  • John Edwards' early splash barely rippling in New Hampshire
    Knight-Ridder Washington Bureau, CA - 10 hours ago
    ... Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean,
    both New Hampshire neighbors - are all but inescapable. "He ...

  • Dean's Fund-Raising Pathetic
    RushLimbaugh.com - 10 hours ago
    I had a thought while you were talking about how the press was playing up Howard
    Dean's fund-raising "success." Everybody is saying he has raised $7 million. ...

  • Democrats go after Bush on Iraq%)
    WOI, IA - 11 hours ago
    ... Another presidential contender, Howard Dean, wants a resignation from any government
    official who failed to tell the president that claims about Iraq buying ...

  • Democrats go after Bush on Iraq%)
    KCAU, IA - 11 hours ago
    ... Another presidential contender, Howard Dean, wants a resignation from any government
    official who failed to tell the president that claims about Iraq buying ...

  • Gephardt Aims to Stand Out From Rivals
    Newsday - 11 hours ago
    ... of the 2004 election. But recent polls show rivals John Kerry and
    Howard Dean cutting into his early lead. Gephardt, in the midst ...

  • Nader, Whom Democrats Saw as 2000 Spoiler, Ponders '04 Run
    New York Times - 11 hours ago
    ... the nine current Democratic contenders whose politics would appear to resemble most
    closely his own Dennis Kucinich, a House member from Ohio, and Howard Dean ...

  • Democrat looks to draw differences with his rivals
    Times Picayune, LA - 11 hours ago
    ... of the 2004 election. But recent polls show rivals John Kerry and
    Howard Dean cutting into his early lead. Gephardt, in the midst ...

  • Gephardt Aims to Stand Out From Rivals
    Guardian, UK - 11 hours ago
    ... of the 2004 election. But recent polls show rivals John Kerry and
    Howard Dean cutting into his early lead. Gephardt, in the midst ...

  • Gephardt Aims to Stand Out From Rivals
    San Jose Mercury News, CA - 11 hours ago
    ... of the 2004 election. But recent polls show rivals John Kerry and
    Howard Dean cutting into his early lead. Gephardt, in the midst ...

  • Ralph Nader
    Christian Science Monitor - 11 hours ago
    ... He is very vulnerable but not if you campaign the way the major candidates -
    except for [Howard] Dean and [US Rep. Dennis] Kucinich - are campaigning. ...

  • Kerry Calls on Bush 'To Tell the Truth' About Iraq
    Macon Area Online, GA - 12 hours ago
    ... Howard Dean has made a centerpiece of his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination
    the fact that he opposed the war while Kerry and three fellow White ...

  • Can Edwards Rise Again?
    Washington Post, DC - 19 hours ago
    ... This is in part because Howard Dean has been sucking up most of the media oxygen
    lately, and in part because Edwards doesn't seem to be getting much traction. ...

  • Bush, Democrats in bind over gay rights
    The Globe and Mail, Canada - 21 hours ago
    ... Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and Rep.
    Dick Gephardt of Missouri chided Republicans for pushing the measure. ...

  • History Haunts Dean
    Hartford Courant, CT - 22 hours ago
    ... Chief. WASHINGTON -- It's the recurring dilemma of the underdog, and
    this time it's Howard Dean's turn to figure out how to fix it. ...

  • Dean builds Illinois network
    Chicago Sun Times, IL - 23 hours ago
    ... brokers. Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, with a big boost from the Internet,
    is the only one building a real Illinois operation. Dean ...

  • Early-morning gamble by Dean aides made him the insurgent to beat
    Boston Globe, MA - 23 hours ago
    By Glen Johnson, Globe Staff, 7/10/2003. URLINGTON, Vt. -- It was 3:30 am on Sunday,
    June 29, when four political aides to Howard Dean made a decision that ...

 

July 10 Stories:

  • Court Ruling Puts Bush, Rivals in Bind
    AP
    ... Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and Rep.
    Dick Gephardt of Missouri chided Republicans for pushing the measure.
  • Dean innovates fund raising for Democrats
    Charlotte Observer, NC - WASHINGTON - Howard Dean has issued a virtual rebuke to Democrats who can't stop
    complaining about how difficult it will be to raise money under the reformed ...

  • The California recall
    Working for Change, CA - ... The same impulse can be seen on the national level in the burgeoning influence
    of MoveOn.org, and the Internet-based fundraising success of Howard Dean. ...

  • Gephardt bemoans blunders in Iraq
    Des Moines Register, IA -... going to lose it," he added. Rivals Howard Dean, the former governor
    of Vermont, and US Sen. John Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat ...

  • Supreme Court ruling puts Bush, Democratic rivals in political ...
    AP- 1 hour ago
    ... Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and Rep.
    Dick Gephardt of Missouri chided Republicans for pushing the measure.
  • WHY I AM AGAINST HOWARD DEAN - - AND JOHN EDWARDS , TOO
    Yahoo News - 10 hours ago
    By Richard Reeves. WASHINGTON -- Hooray for Howard Dean, I say. The
    former governor of Vermont, which I didn't know needed all that ...

  • Dean Lags Behind, Daschle Out of Chute
    RushLimbaugh.com - 10 hours ago
    Howard Dean's campaign is all excited because their fund-raising efforts generated
    all this money. You want to know the truth of it? Check out this AP story: ...

  • Professor Emeritus Rush H. Limbaugh
    RushLimbaugh.com - 10 hours ago
    ... The plot thickens here.". “Howard Dean's comparing himself proudly to Jimmy Carter.
    The thing everyone forgets is that Carter blew a 30-point lead in 1976. ...

  • My Name Is Howard Dean, and I'm Running For President
    RushLimbaugh.com - 10 hours ago
    My friends, just to illustrate how laughably hilarious the Howard Dean campaign
    is, do you know who they are proudly and happily comparing themselves to? ...

  • (Man, Rush is just obsessed!)
  • Inside Politics
    Washington Times, DC - 3 hours ago
    ... Despite a recent fund-raising surge, Howard Dean lags behind his top Democratic
    presidential rivals in a key category: Money in the bank. ...

  • Nomination a la Dean: Take John, George, Bill, Jimmy, Stir ...
    Roll Call, DC - 3 hours ago
    By Stuart Rothenberg. Is Howard Dean an updated version of George McGovern?
    Or, rather, the new John McCain? Is he the second coming ...

  • Legislators might want to cap sessions
    Palm Beach Post, FL - 3 hours ago
    ... Those are the kind of proposals you would expect from Howard Dean," Bush said,
    referring to the fiery Democratic presidential candidate who is trying to ...

  • Other Ways to View the Traits of Howard Dean
    Washington Post, DC (LETTER TO EDIT) - 4 hours ago
    Richard Cohen [op-ed, July 3] accused Howard Dean of being "craven"
    in his views on the death penalty. I, on the other hand, found ...

  • Internet fuels Democrat's presidential run
    Taipei Times, Taiwan - 4 hours ago
    When Howard Dean first declared that he was seeking the nomination, he was considered
    at best a dark horse whose only real public profile was as a vocal ...

  • Dean campaign seeks to capitalize on momentum
    Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT - 4 hours ago
    MONTPELIER — A bigger bank account and the momentum that it’s generated may
    enable Howard Dean’s campaign to extend its organization into several early ...

  • Among Democrats, The Energy Seems To Be on the Left
    Washington Post, DC - 5 hours ago
    ... In recent weeks, the progressive left has: lifted a one-time dark-horse presidential
    candidate, former Vermont governor Howard Dean, into near-front-runner ...

  • My date with the Bushies
    Salon (subscription) - 5 hours ago
    ... The Howard Dean campaign has been so successful using the free Internet service
    MeetUp.comto connect the candidate's followers that fans of other candidates ...
  • Insufficient Outrage
    NewsMax.com - 7 hours ago
    ... the great Arthur Schlesinger, no Republican, to be sure, but brilliant and usually
    well worth reading, comes across like a junior speechwriter for Howard Dean ...
  • Amid calls for inquiry, Bush defends his use of false ...
    CBC News, Canada - 7 hours ago
    ... After all, they could face a decision to attack one day. So far, Howard
    Dean, a former governor from Vermont, has been the most vocal. ...

  • Democrats Forced to Raise More Small-Donor Money
    FOX News - 8 hours ago
    ... She pointed to the success of Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean, who
    raised an average $66 per donation to reach the $7.5 million he reported last ...

  • Democrats & 2004
    Washington Post - 8 hours ago
    Washington Post. Thursday, July 10, 2003; 11:00 AM. What does Howard
    Dean's recent success mean to the Democratic Party? Does his ...

  • Row over weapons allegations threatens to turn the Iraq conflict ...
    Independent, UK - 8 hours ago
    ... The issue has helped to propel Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont and
    outspoken critic of the war, to the front of the Democratic pack. ...

  • People by Andrew Pierce
    The Times, UK - 9 hours ago
    ... Howard Dean, the witty and organised dark horse for the Democratic presidential
    nomination, has unnerved rivals by raising more than $7 million, much of it ...

 

July 9 Stories:

  • Moblogs Seen as a Crystal Ball for a New Era in Online Journalism
    Online Journalism Review - 10 hours ago
    ... In the United States, the Howard Dean campaign emerged to the surprise of the majority
    of pundits because it used Internet-based organizing media such as a blog ...

  • And now some fresh pickings from the grapevine:
    FOX News - 12 hours ago
    ... candidates. Only 32 percent of those polled said they might vote for
    Howard Dean, who has surprised many with his fund-raising prowess. ...

  • Connecting With the Wired Left
    Atlantic Online - 13 hours ago
    ... The first-place finisher was former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean with 44 percent,
    followed by Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio with 24 percent, and Sen. ...

  • Double - Edged Sword
    TomPaine.com, D.C. - 14 hours ago
    ... to former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's upper-class New York City roots
    and more focused speaking style. It's not exactly persuasive ...
  • Give A Little
    TomPaine.com, D.C. - 14 hours ago
    ... to former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's upper-class New York City roots
    and more focused speaking style. It's not exactly persuasive ...

  • Poll: Bush approval rating at 60 percent
    AP - 14 hours ago
    ... Howard Dean has captured the headlines in recent days, with $7.5 million raised
    in a three-month period and a first-place finish in an Internet primary, but ...

  • Tilting Democrats in the presidential race
    Aljazera / Jordan Times... That bias helps to account for the frequent mislabelling of Howard Dean, the former
    Vermont governor who has risen to the top tier of contenders for the 2004 ...

  • Credible Alternative
    New Republic - 16 hours ago
    ... And, as Howard Dean has increased his poll numbers and the size of his campaign war
    chest in recent months, he's increasingly become the focus of those efforts ...
  • Democrats fail to gain as Bush's approval dwindles , Associated ... 
    AP - 20 hours ago
    ... Howard Dean has captured the headlines in recent days, with $7.5 million raised
    in a three-month period and a first-place finish on an Internet primary, but ...

  • Internet holds out keys to the White House
    Agence France-Presse - Jul 9, 2003
    When Howard Dean first declared that he was seeking the nomination, he was considered
    at best a dark horse whose only real public profile was as a vocal ...

  • Democrats' divide on war starting to narrow
    Baltimore Sun, MD - Jul 9, 2003
    ... Bob Graham (who voted against Mr. Bush's use-of-force resolution), former
    Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, former Sen. ...

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