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July 27 - Aug 2, 2003

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Archive begun for Aug 3 - 9 here.

Aug 2 Stories: 

  • Lots of choices, few decisions for New Hampshire Democrats
    AP- 2 hours ago
    ... The polls generally show John Kerry and Howard Dean locked in a tight race, Gephardt
    and Joe Lieberman vying for third, and the rest in single digits. ...

  • Team touted by Gephardt fades in Iowa
    St. Louis Dispatch, MO - 6 hours ago
    ... narrow lead over former Gov. Howard Dean of Vermont and with several
    other candidates bunched closely behind. "I've switched to ...

  • Democrats miss the boat
    US News - 6 hours ago
    ... How so? By allowing itself to be taken over by the "far left," which
    really means: Why is Howard Dean doing so well? What about ...

  • In Sun Belt, Politicians Vie For NASCAR Dads
    Washington Post - 3 hours ago
    ... Senator John Edwards (DN.C.) "could pull it off," Sabato says. Former Vermont
    governor Howard "Dean -- I don't even think NASCAR fans know who he is. ...

  • Poll shows would-be support for Clinton, Gore
    Portsmouth Herald, NH - 4 hours ago
    ... According to the results of the poll, which was conducted July 20-24, among the announced
    candidates, Howard Dean drew the most support, with 22 percent of the ...

  • Dean Will Run TV Ad in Bush's Home State
    AP - 5 hours ago
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean has chosen Bush
    country as the site for a second television advertisement that will begin ...

  • After a courtroom victory for gays, political battle may be ...
    Austin American Statesman, TX - 6 hours ago
    ... One of the party's leading candidates for the 2004 nomination, Howard Dean, as governor
    of Vermont, helped broker the law that made his state the first in the ...

  • Too early to count out Gephardt and Edwards
    E.J. Dionne-OP-ED: Boston Globe, MA - 9 hours ago
    ... the campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination is rapidly narrowing down
    to two New Englanders, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts and Howard Dean ... (EDITOR'S NOTE ON THIS PIECE: GOD, DIONNE IS CLUELESS.)

  • Kerry camp split on issue of Dean
    Boston Globe, MA - 9 hours ago
    ASHINGTON -- Howard Dean's strong fund-raising and recent rise in public opinion
    polls have created a divide within Senator John F. Kerry's presidential ...

  • Graham: Bush should assign speech blame
    Des Moines Register, IA - 11 hours ago
    ... He joins Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean in saying that someone should
    be fired over Bush incorrectly saying in his January speech that Iraq was ...


Aug 1 Stories: 

  • The polls toll none too loud for Kerry
    Lynn North Shore Sunday, MA - 2 hours ago
    John Kerry's campaign to pin the can't win label on Howard Dean, the former governor
    of Vermont has as good a chance - maybe even better - to be accepting the ...

  • Howard Dean's surge . . . SARS sputters . . . Court cleaning
    Scripps Howard News Service - 1 hour ago
    WASHINGTON - Has former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean suddenly and shockingly
    emerged as the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination? ...

  • Graham Urges Democratic Candidates to Challenge Bush, Not Each ...
    Chicago Tribune - 1 hour ago
    ... for Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, $12 million for Edwards and
    $11 million for former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean. Still, Graham ...

  • Lieberman leads in South Carolina poll
    AP- 4 hours ago
    ... John Kerry of Massachusetts had 5 percent support. Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean
    was at 4 percent, and Sen. Bob Graham of Florida and former Illinois Sen. ...

  • The contenders
    San Francisco Examiner, CA - 5 hours ago
    ... Moscone Center. Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich,
    former US Sen. Carol Moseley Braun and Missouri Rep. Richard ...

  • States' Rites
    New Republic - 7 hours ago
    ... In the current primaries, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean has bragged, "I'm
    the only candidate in this race who has ever balanced a budget." In truth ...

  • Howard Dean for Renewable Energy
    SolarAccess.com News, NH - 5 hours ago
    August 1, 2003[SolarAccess.com]Former Governor of Vermont, Howard Dean
    outlined his vision for the environment. Among other strategies ...

  • Dean Promises to be the Next Theodore Roosevelt for the ...
    Men's News Daily, CA - 7 hours ago
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Talon News) -- The Democrat front-runner in the race for the nomination,
    Howard Dean, gave a major environmental policy address on Thursday ...

  • In NH, Dean lighting a fire among Democrats
    Jack Germond: Baltimore Sun, MD - 3 hours ago
    ... PORTSMOUTH, NH - The Portsmouth Herald published a front-page picture the other day
    of Howard Dean, his shirt sleeves rolled to the elbows as usual, delivering ...

  • The Poseur in Chief
    Salon (subscription or watch ad) - 
    1, 2003 | DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Presidential hopeful Democrats can't win in '04 by fighting Bush on the issues alone. They have to convince Americans that their warrior president is a phony in a flyboy suit.
  • Dean blames economic woes on Bush policy
    AP - 1 hour ago
    1, 2003 | DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Presidential hopeful Howard Dean is dismissing
    Democrats in Washington as too timid to challenge President Bush's economic ...
  • Dean pitches green policy to cheering supporters in SF
    Oakland Tribune, CA - 2 hours ago
    ... portrait shows former Gov. Howard Dean sitting in a canoe, paddle in
    hand, wearing an LL Bean-type shirt. Thursday, the Democratic ...
  • Dean's anger raises questions about strategy
    Knight Ridder / Charlotte Observer, NC - 6 hours ago
    WASHINGTON - Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor, has emerged
    as the angriest of the nine Democrat candidates for president. ...
  • Dean would not push for law on gay marriage
    Rutland Herald, VT - 1 hour ago
    ... Howard Dean opposes efforts to ban gay marriages — such as those suggested this
    week by President Bush — the presidential hopeful won’t push for a ...
  • Dean promotes economic plan
    Harlan Tribune, IA - 5 hours ago
    HARLAN -- Former Vermont governor turned Democratic presidential candidate Howard
    Dean told Shelby County residents Thursday that he's ready to make a run for ...
  • Candidate raps Interior aide
    Denver Post, CO - 6 hours ago
    ... Democratic hopeful Howard Dean on Thursday called on Griles, Interior's deputy
    secretary, to resign because of the close ties he maintained to his previous ...
  • Demos speak on health care
    San Francisco Chronicle, CA - 1 hour ago
    ... Medicare with a prescription drug coverage. Former Vermont Gov. Howard
    Dean and Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, who joined the ...
  • Survey: Independents Wary of Vote in '04
    Newsday - 4 hours ago
    ... The head of the Republican Party in Vermont called on Democratic presidential candidate
    Howard Dean to open all his gubernatorial records, including those he ...
  • Kerry and Lieberman talk jobs in latest New Hampshire visits
    Politics NH, NH - 3 hours ago
    ... of the next step.". The event came after a day when Kerry and Howard
    Dean traded verbal shots over tax cuts. Polls recently have ...
  • Campaign Klatsch
    Washington Post, DC - 2 hours ago
    ... I've never seen a political network of friends grow as it's growing here
    and now," says Rao, who herself has a new friend -- Howard Dean. ...

  • For 3 Candidates, Some Money Matters
    Washington Post, DC - 3 hours ago
    ... Pa.). Kerry does not own the property. Meanwhile, former Vermont governor
    Howard Dean has been late twice paying his bills. In 1999 ...

  • Dean momentum builds in Georgia
    Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA - 5 hours ago
    Supporters of presidential hopeful Howard Dean are getting a head start over rival
    campaigns as they move toward Georgia's presidential primary, still seven ...

  • Candidate says he opposes gay marriage
    AP via Nashua Telegraph, NH - 1 hour ago
    ... John Kerry and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean for their recent bickering
    over which one is a “real Democrat.”. “I wish John ...

  • Moderate Democrats fear left-wing nominee will lose
    Berkshire Eagle, MA - 7 hours ago
    ... Howard Dean's antiwar and anti-tax rhetoric against President Bush may
    cause voters to feel that the Democrats are a divisive party. ...

  • Dean Debuts Environmental Strategy for Next 100 Years
    Environment News - 3 hours ago
    SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 31, 2003 (ENS) - Democratic presidential candidate
    Governor Howard Dean, MD today outlined his environmental strategy, opening ...

  • Post-Clinton, Democrats seeking presidency take on health care
    Las Vegas Sun, NV - 3 hours ago
    ... John Kerry of Massachusetts and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean said they would use
    tax incentives and expanded public programs to give more people insurance. ...

  • Ex-governor on the up and up
    Straits Times, Singapore - 7 hours ago
    OTTUMWA (Iowa) - After more than a year of visits to Iowa and New Hampshire on a
    threadbare budget, former Vermont governor Howard Dean, who began as an anti ...

July 31 Stories: 

  • Vermont GOPs Want Dean To Open Gubernatorial Records
    AP via WMUR Channel.com, NH - 10 hours ago
    MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Vermont Republicans are calling on former Gov. Howard
    Dean to release his gubernatorial records. The Democratic ...
  • Democratic 2004 Hopefuls Turn Punches on Each Other
    Reuters- 9 hours ago
    ... John Kerry and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean clashed over tax cuts,
    is a function of both the calendar and recent events. With ...
  • Dean outlines economic plan
    Bettendorf News, IA - 37 minutes ago
    DES MOINES — Democratic White House hopeful Howard Dean sketched the broad outlines
    of his economic strategy Wednesday and drew swift criticism from campaign ...
  • Kerry, Dean at odds on Bush tax cuts
    AP - 5 hours ago
    DES MOINES -- Presidential rivals Howard Dean and John F. Kerry, who have been at
    odds over national security, quarreled yesterday over what Democrats should ...
  • Kerry, Dean Sharpen Debate Over Tax Cuts
    Washington Post, DC - 3 hours ago
    Democratic presidential candidates John Kerry and Howard Dean are feuding again
    -- this time over whether a "real" Democrat would repeal all of President ...

  • DEM DEAN PASSES THE FRONT-RUNNER TEST
    New York Post, NY - 7 hours ago
    July 31, 2003 -- SUDDENLY, Democrats are coming smack up against a stunning fact:
    anti-war upstart Howard Dean has become their 2004 presidential front-runner. ...

  • Inside the Beltway
    Washington Times, DC - 9 hours ago
    ... former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean nosing ahead of Sen. John Kerry in
    a primary race that is virtually deadlocked. But, surprising ...

  • Sodomy Ruling Fuels Battle Over Gay Marriage
    Washington Post, DC - 3 hours ago
    ... Howard Dean, now a Democratic presidential candidate. Civil unions in Vermont,
    however, do not confer any federal benefits, such as Social Security. ...

  • Democrats cannot afford to marginalize moderates
    USA Today: EDITORIAL - 5 hours ago
    ... Former Vermont governor Howard Dean, for example, would repeal Bush's $2 trillion
    tax cuts and use most of the money for universal health care, homeland ...

  • Dean criticizes Bush on America's defense
    Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, IA - 15 hours ago
    Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean went on the offensive
    Tuesday to criticize George Bush's stance on America's defense. ...
    America's defense. ...

  • Dean, Kerry Spar Over Bush Tax Cuts
    AP- 14 hours ago
    DES MOINES, Iowa -- Democratic presidential rivals Howard Dean and John Kerry sparred
    Wednesday over President Bush's tax cuts and how to improve the nation's ...

  • Even Democrats Think Bush Will Win
    RushLimbaugh.com - 8 hours ago
    ... Howard Dean shows the most significant movement since March, doubling his favorable
    rating from 16% to 32% and reducing his unfamiliar from 75% to 61%. ...

  • Kerry: Bush only helps the rich get richer
    Portsmouth Herald, NH - 1 hour ago
    ... event. Last week in Portsmouth, Kerry’s presidential rival Howard
    Dean attracted 650 people to his Strawberry Shortcake Social. ...

  • On the Internet, Democrats Feel a Draft
    BizReport, Denmark - 8 hours ago
    ... Richard Gephardt and Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, although he is hardly
    challenging former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's 67,000 Meetup participants. ...

  • Inside the Beltway
    Washington Times, DC - 1 hour ago
    ... former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean nosing ahead of Sen. John Kerry in
    a primary race that is virtually deadlocked. But, surprising ...

  • Kerry rejects raising middle-class tax
    Washington Times, DC - 1 hour ago
    ... former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, who is tied with the Massachusetts
    senator in the early delegate-selection contests. Mr. Dean has ...

  • Gay-rights bills may boost recall push
    Washington Times, DC - 1 hour ago
    ... supportive of that. The only person who has made as bold a statement
    as [AB 205] is [Democratic Presidential Candidate] Howard Dean.".

The Times is back, with a lengthy front-page piece (newer posts will follow it all day):

July 30 Stories: 

This thoughtful piece on the DLC from Salon News Editor Joan Walsh is a must-read, too:

  • The Democratic Weaselship Council
    Salon: Joan Walsh 
    If Democratic centrists want to repeat Bill Clinton's success, they should stop attacking fellow Democrats as "far left" and concentrate on uniting the party against Bush . . .The DLC's hero Bill Clinton won two presidential elections by pulling together the party's left and right wings. If the DLC -- and Howard Dean supporters -- want to win back the White House, they've got to do the same..
  • Dean Rallies Supporters
    KTIV, IA - 12 hours ago
    Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean will outline his plan for the economy
    in Des Moines today. Last night, he rallied his supporters in Cherokee. ...
  • Dean criticizes Bush on America's defense
    Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, IA - 15 hours ago
    Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean went on the offensive
    Tuesday to criticize George Bush's stance on America's defense. ...
  • Dean Plan Pushes Auto Fuel Efficiency
    AP - 8 hours ago
    By ROSS SNEYD. MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean is
    proposing an environmental policy that would push automakers to improve fuel ...
  • State GOP to cast Dean as leftist liberal
    Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT - 15 hours ago
    MONTPELIER — Vermont Republicans plan to use the reputation Howard Dean has
    built nationally during his presidential campaign to portray the state’s ...
  • Ganging up on Dean
    Progressive.org - 12 hours ago
    Democratic Presidential hopeful Howard Dean is getting the treatment.
    The acerbic physician and former governor of Vermont has raised ...
  • A Progressive Democrat Can Win
    Progressive.org - 9 hours ago
    ... left.". Presumably Howard Dean, the governor of Vermont, who is running
    a surprisingly strong challenge for the Democratic nomination. ...
  • Dean has strength to lead
    Salem Statesman Journal, OR - 4 hours ago
    I wore my Howard Dean button to the art fair. The warmth and enthusiasm
    it elicited from so many people who either worked in the ...

  • HOWARD DEAN LEADS IN NH POLL
    New York Post, NY - 4 hours ago
    July 30, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - A second poll in two days has anti-war Democratic presidential
    contender Howard Dean holding a slim lead over rival Massachusetts ...

  • Dean to unveil job-creation plan in DM
    Des Moines Register, IA - 5 hours ago
    Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean today will call for raising the minimum
    wage and expanding unemployment insurance as part of a job-creation plan ...

  • Mr. I-Told-You-So
    National Journal, via Atlantic Online - 4 hours ago
    ... Howard Dean would fade away. Saddam's regime is gone, but the other things
    didn't happen. What did happen is that Iraq became more controversial. ...

  • Howard Dean's campaign to send out personalized letters from fans
    AP, GA - 5 hours ago
    CONCORD, NH -- Personalized letters from fans of Howard Dean's presidential
    bid will be filling the mailboxes of New Hampshire voters next month. ...

  • Dean's online campaign raises money, interest
    Jules Witcover: Baltimore Sun, MD - 5 hours ago
    - A few months ago, an Internet whiz named Matthew Gross was working on a political
    Web site in Utah when he came across information about Howard Dean, an ...

  • Vt. GOP plans to use Dean to portray Dems as leftists
    Bennington Banner, VT - 6 hours ago
    MONTPELIER -- Vermont Republicans plan to use the reputation Howard Dean has built
    nationally during his presidential campaign to portray the state's Democrats ...

  • Dean tries to reassure Black Caucus in letter
    The Hill, DC - 3 hours ago
    Presidential hopeful Howard Dean sent a one-and-a-half-page, single-spaced letter
    July 18 to members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) in a bid to allay

  • Inside Politics
    Washington Times, DC - 41 minutes ago
    ... Asked whether he was losing the debate within the party about the war, reflected
    in the recent rise in popularity of antiwar candidate Howard Dean, Mr ...

  • Dean puts focus on the economy
    AP- 55 minutes ago
    MONTPELIER — Howard Dean caught the public’s attention with his outspoken opposition
    to war in Iraq but now he’s trying to steer attention back to the ...

  • Backers pressure Gore to run again next year
    The Hill, DC - 3 hours ago
    ... Gov. Howard Dean, Christopher Korge has given $2,000 to Sen. Bob Graham
    (D-Fla.) and Alan Kessler has given $1,500 to Lieberman. ...

  • Dean - - Bush lead into Iraq war based on untruths
    Sioux City Journal, IA - 6 hours ago
    HOLSTEIN, Iowa -- Not one to hold back from the fray, Democratic Party presidential
    candidate Howard Dean on Tuesday cited what he called the "lies" of ...

July 29 Stories: 

Absolutely, positively, read this first one:

  • Be Like Dean! John Kerry's voters aks their candidate to be like the other guy.
    Slate: Chris Suellentrop - 14 hours ago
    ... As I'm leaving the event, I run into a Kerry campaign worker. He stops me and asks me about Dean and what he's like. He says he'd really like to hear him speak, but it's not kosher for staffers to go to other candidates' events. Maybe if he goes in plain clothes, he muses. Everyone talks about what a great speaker Dean is, he says, but how does he interact with people? I tell him I was impressed.

    The more I tell him about Dean, the more crestfallen he seems to get. ... It's only a feeling I get, but I can't help wondering if he signed up with Kerry because he thought Kerry would win, and now he's questioning his decision.

  • In changing sphere, Dean's Net fund-raising outdoes Cheney
    Boston Globe, MA - 14 hours ago
    ... Over four days ending last night, Howard Dean outdid the vice president
    -- without leaving his campaign headquarters in Burlington, Vt. ...

  • Dean Raises $500K On The Net
    WVNY (ABC22), VT - 42 minutes ago
    6:08 pm EDT July 29, 2003 -- The baseball bat on Howard Dean's presidential
    campaign Web site may be a gimmick, but it's good for a lot of money. ...

  • The Dean of surprises
    Boston Globe, MA - 14 hours ago
    ... And Howard Dean, the irascible Howard Dean, the impatient Howard Dean, always stern,
    suffering no fools, the guy who tosses insults like a B-52 drops bombs, is ...

  • Dean To Announce Economic Plan In Iowa
    AP - 5 hours ago
    DES MOINES, Iowa -- Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean will
    outline his plan for the economy in Iowa. The former Vermont ...

  • Politics: Election 2004
    Transcript: Al From, DNC--Washington Post - 2 hours ago
    ... Which oe Democratic candidates are in the best position to take on President
    Bush f thin 2004? Is Vermont Gov. Howard Dean too left leaning for the party? ...

  • Dean Supporters Writing to NH Residents
    AP- 2 hours ago
    CONCORD, NH -- Personalized letters from fans of Howard Dean's presidential
    bid will be filling the mailboxes of New Hampshire voters next month. ...

  • Too young to make a difference?
    MSNBC - 5 hours ago
    ... head.”. So far, Howard Dean, who leads the pack in fund-raising and
    hype, stands out most for his efforts to attract young voters. ...

  • Trailing Dem Hopefuls Falling Far Behind Pack
    FOX News - 3 minutes ago
    ... to show former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean moving into a slight lead
    over Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry. According to the Franklin ...

  • Meetup.com met with strong demand
    CNBC - 22 minutes ago
    ... They might get the knitters on Monday, the breast cancer survivors on Tuesday,
    the Howard Dean supporters on Thursday ...,” Heiferman said. ...

  • Dean Blames Bush, Dems for Poor Economy
    AP - 8 hours ago
    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Presidential hopeful Howard Dean is dismissing Democrats
    in Washington as too timid to challenge President Bush's economic policies ...

  • The Quagmire Debate
    Kurtz: Washington Post, DC - 10 hours ago
    ... that helped move the party to the center 10 years ago, was largely a response to
    the popularity enjoyed in early presidential primary states by Howard Dean ...

  • Dean turns to Internet to counter Bush
    Concord Monitor, NH - 10 hours ago
    A picture of Howard Dean posted yesterday on his campaign's Web log shows the candidate
    sitting at a desk, holding half a turkey sandwich and pecking at a ...

  • Graham Calls for Bush Impeachment
    GOPUSA, TX--Talon News - 10 hours ago
    ... rest of the Democrat presidential candidates has proven that he believes the Democrat
    nominee will be the one who can move farthest to the left of Howard Dean ...

  • Drab Democratic candidates fail so far to become a threat
    Portsmouth Herald, NH - 10 hours ago
    ... former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean are in the upper echelon of candidates,
    with Dean and Kerry jockeying for the top spot. In contrast ...

  • Dean Keeps Kerry On His Toes
    New London Day, CT (BOSTON GLOBE WRITER)- 13 hours ago
    ... attention from the decision to wage the war to his ideas for winning the peace,
    Kerry faces one formidable obstacle: former Vermont governor Howard Dean. ...

  • Democrats assessing likely candidates
    The Hindu, India - 4 hours ago
    ... voters in New Hampshire Democratic primary has shown Senator John Kerry of Massachussetts
    holding a slight lead over the former Governor of Vermont, Howard Dean ...

  • Dean, Kerry deadlocked in New Hampshire poll
    Boston.com, MA - 9 hours ago
    WASHINGTON (AP) Democrats Howard Dean and John Kerry are deadlocked in
    a New Hampshire poll of likely voters in the presidential primary. ...

  • Dean campaign hauling in cash in latest Internet bid
    AP- 2 hours ago
    MONTPELIER — Howard Dean sought Monday to enlarge his army of Internet-savvy
    contributors, but a campaign finance group said he’ll need to tap into big ...
  • Poll Finds Democrats Lack Crucial Support to Beat Bush
    Washington Post, DC - 2 hours ago
    ... DLC leaders have criticized former Vermont governor Howard Dean, whose antiwar rhetoric
    fueled his rise to prominence in the Democratic presidential race, and ...

  • Edwards Advances Health Insurance Plan in NH
    Washington Post, DC - 2 hours ago
    ... John F. Kerry (Mass.) and former Vermont governor Howard Dean have proposed a mix
    of tax breaks and government programs to cover more Americans than Edwards's ...

  • Bush Tells Urban League Policies Aid Minorities
    Washington Post, DC - 2 hours ago
    ... Former Vermont governor Howard Dean said it was a disservice for Bush to say in
    January that admissions policies of the University of Michigan "amount to a ...

  • Lieberman Denounces Bush, Rivals Over War
    Blaz: Washington Post--Lieberman profile - 2 hours ago
    ... of his Democratic rivals during prepared remarks, but in responding to questions
    said he had concerns about statements by former Vermont governor Howard Dean ...

  • Cheney raises funds in SC
    AP- 33 minutes ago
    ... October. Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean used Cheney's
    Columbia visit as a fund-raising benchmark over the weekend. ...

  • Democratic '04 hopefuls take gamble on revoking tax cuts
    Washington Times, DC - 45 minutes ago
    ... Vermont Gov. Howard Dean have proposed wiping out all of Mr. Bush's tax
    cuts to support new programs and pay off the deficit. "Richard ...

  • Inside Politics
    Washington Times, DC - 45 minutes ago
    ... of course, voted against impeaching Clinton for breaking laws.) Graham's strategy
    does not appear to be working: The fire-breathers have settled on Howard Dean ...

  • Centrist Democrats fear party losing middle class
    Washington Times, DC - 45 minutes ago
    ... Howard Dean by name, but made clear their concern that Mr. Dean — who has been
    harshly critical of the war in Iraq — has become the early front-runner for ...

  • Web page creation software a 'dream'
    Washington Times, DC - 1 hour ago
    A fellow named Howard Dean recently used an Internet Web site to rake in a ton
    of money for his presidential campaign, much to the chagrin of some of his ...

  • On the road with John Kerry
    MSNBC - 7 minutes ago
    ... At the two Kerry events I attended this past weekend, voters kept encouraging
    the Massachusetts senator, in effect, to be more like Howard Dean. ...
    .

July 28 Stories: 

  • THIS FIRST PIECE IS REALLY SOMETHING. DON'T MISS IT:

  • A Dean secret weapon in Iowa
    CNN: Mark Shields - 1 hour ago
    ... It's not because Ross Wilburn backs former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean,
    the consensus "Rookie of the Year 2003," which he does. But ...

  • Howard Dean's Low-Rent Allure
    Slate (THIS IS A REALLY NICE SERIES ON DEAN IN IOWA ON SLATE. IT LINKS BACK TO THE PREVIOUS PIECE.)
    By Chris Suellentrop. AT A BARN in Chariton, Dean spoke to about 40 people, the
    kind who wear trucker hats and American-flag belt buckles unironically. ...

  • Democratic Candidates Work on Name Recognition
    FOX News - 1 hour ago
    ... Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts rides a Harley-Davidson around Wisconsin. Former
    Vermont Gov. Howard Dean hands out tongue depressors at campaign
    events. Sen. ...

  • Bush , Democrats Share Stage - Five Hours Apart
    Reuters, UK - 5 minutes ago
    ... Howard Dean said even "the most conservative court since the Dred Scott decision"
    would not go along with the Bush administration's effort to overturn ...

  • Why All the Stilted New Campaign Ads?
    Slate - 1 hour ago
    By Brendan I. Koerner. In his first TV ad, Democratic presidential
    candidate Howard Dean notes, "I approved this message." Rep. Pat ...

  • Centrist Democrats: Don't Vote for Dean
    AP - 1 hour ago
    Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean's upstart campaign has excited the party's
    liberal activists, but centrists have only one thing to say about the ...

  • Kerry Wants Weak Dwarves Out
    RushLimbaugh.com - 1 hour ago
    ... They think they're being squeezed out by the Republicans on the right and
    the extremist Democrats, John F. Kerry and Howard Dean, on the left. ...

  • Tax Cutter To Chair Dem Convention
    RushLimbaugh.com - 1 hour ago
    ... I wonder if Howard Dean will call the chairman of the party's convention reckless
    and irresponsible from the floor, because he's calling Bush reckless and ...

  • Graham: Democrat Desperation Personified
    RushLimbaugh.com - 1 hour ago
    ... They have all moved so far left, because Howard Dean has tracked these
    guys so far left that others are trying to keep up with him. ...

  • Lieberman's attack on anti-war rivals shows deep divide within ...
    Independent, UK - 14 minutes ago
    ... But his most significant words were aimed at other Democrats, not only the insurgent
    Howard Dean but those, such as John Kerry of Massachusetts, who, having ...

  • Moderate Democrats warn party on 2004 prospects
    Reuters AlertNet, UK - 30 minutes ago
    ... Howard Dean, criticizing the White House hopeful for his anti-war rhetoric
    and other positions it castigated as self-interested liberalism. ...

  • Democratic Contenders Take Aim - - at Each Other
    LA Times - 3 hours ago
    ... John F. Kerry on trade. Kerry faults former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean
    for his lack of defense and foreign policy experience. The ...

  • Lieberman Criticizes Fellow Democrats on Iraq
    Reuters, UK - 1 hour ago
    ... Gov. Howard Dean, who has made his opposition to the war a main campaign
    theme, and Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and Rep. Richard ...

  • Gephardt Set to Gain Union Endorsement
    AP- 14 minutes ago
    ... WASHINGTON (AP) - When Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean asked his supporters
    to match the fund-raising prowess of Vice President Dick Cheney, they ...

  • Democratic Presidential Candidates Court Former NH Governor
    AP - 30 minutes ago
    ... top campaign workers. Others are working for Lieberman, Sen. John
    Edwards of North Carolina and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean.

  • Backyard brawl in NH
    Whitcover: Baltimore Sun, MD - 5 hours ago
    ... Gov. Howard Dean of Vermont, deliver a blistering attack on President
    Bush. The early book on New Hampshire has been that it's Sen. ...

  • Hillary Clinton Strong in a NH Poll
    Newsday - 2 hours ago
    ... Howard Dean, would quickly become a Clinton-Dean race with Clinton favored by 27
    percent of voters and Dean by 23 percent, according to a new poll of likely ...

  • Democrats work on centrist agenda for '04 election
    Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA - 2 hours ago
    ... But in a strategy memo last spring, From and DLC President Bruce Reed tried
    to raise cautions about the campaign of former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean. ...

  • Kucinich: Bring troops home
    Des Moines Register, IA - 7 hours ago
    ... Howard Dean, another opponent of the war who has said the United States
    can't withdraw from Iraq now, because that could lead to chaos. ...

  • Democratic leaders fighting a squeeze
    Philadelphia Daily News, PA - 7 hours ago
    ... And on the other are liberal Democrats, rallying around Howard Dean's
    presidential candidacy and trying to move the party to the left. ...

  • Lieberman Says Bush Mishandling Post-Saddam Iraq
    AP - 30 minutes ago
    ... Some of Lieberman's Democratic rivals, especially Howard Dean, have
    taken a strong anti-war stance that has excited party activists. ...

  • Bush making appearance before black group
    AP - 1 hour ago
    ... Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, former Gov. Howard Dean of Vermont and Al Sharpton of
    New York. "The unemployment rate in the African American community is up. ...

  • Edwards wants health insurance for all children
    AP - 2 hours ago
    ... Howard Dean have plans aimed at covering nearly all the 40 million Americans now
    uninsured, using a variety of tax breaks and other government programs to ...

  • Centrists in the Middle of Party Conflict
    Washington Post, DC - 3 hours ago
    ... their sense of defensiveness, From and DLC President Bruce Reed, in a memo released
    two months ago, directly attacked former Vermont governor Howard Dean ...

  • Democrats Not Shying Away From Tax Talk
    Washington Post, DC - 3 hours ago
    ... gladly pay the same taxes they paid under President Bill Clinton if they could
    just get the Clinton economy back," said former Vermont governor Howard Dean ...

  • Bush, Democrat Contenders Want African-American Votes
    Reuters, UK - 2 hours ago
    ... Howard Dean, another Democratic candidate expected at the Urban League meeting,
    is to criticize Bush's economic policies as ineffective and harmful to ...

  • Gearing up for battle at RNC
    Washington Times, DC - 50 minutes ago
    ... He charges that Mr. Kerry and the other Democratic presidential contenders
    are "tripping all over themselves" to get to the left of Howard Dean. ...
  • Uday and Qusai's Democratic mourners
    Washington Times, DC - 52 minutes ago
    ... Exhibit number two is presidential candidate Howard Dean, with this two cents' worth:
    "The ends do not justify the means." The McGovernesque former governor of ...

  • Dean Raises Mountains of Green Online
    DM News, NY (Direct Marketers' News)- 1 hour ago
    Howard Dean has embraced the Internet as a fundraising tool for his Democratic presidential
    campaign, bringing in more than $5 million online this year -- the ...

  • (SLOW DEAN DAY. THEY MUST BE BUSY AT THE BLOG, WATCHING THE MONEY COME IN.)

July 27 Stories: 

  • Poll: Kerry has N.H. edge: Dems see senator as `electable' Boston Herald
    Vaulted into the top tier of Democratic presidential hopefuls by his tough, anti-war rhetoric, Howard Dean still can't convince New Hampshire voters he can beat President Bush, a new Boston Sunday Herald poll shows.. Vaulted into the top tier of Democratic presidential hopefuls by his tough, anti-war rhetoric, Howard Dean still can't convince New Hampshire voters he can beat President Bush, a new Boston Sunday Herald poll showsVaulted into the top tier of Democratic presidential hopefuls by his tough, anti-war rhetoric, Howard Dean still can't convince New Hampshire voters he can beat President Bush, a new Boston Sunday Herald poll shows

  • Edwards says again he would take terrorism fight out of FBI hands
    Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - 47 minutes ago
    ... US Sen. John Kerry and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, who lead in
    recent New Hampshire polls, are good people. He said candidates ... 
     

  • Dean's Manager Weds New Tech and Old Tactics
    Washington Post, Dan Balz - ... campaign that has been defying gravity. Trippi is the campaign manager
    for former Vermont governor Howard Dean. At 47, he is a veteran ...
  • Changed By Terror, A Nice Guy Converted
    Washington Post, DC - 15 hours ago
    ... On a Fourth of July parade route, he chats warmly with fellow candidate Howard Dean,
    the former Vermont governor who quickly apologized after describing Graham ...
  • Demos move into battle mode
    San Francisco Chronicle, CA - 7 hours ago
    ... Pollster Paul Maslin, who advises both Davis and Democratic presidential hopeful
    Howard Dean, also defined the recall drive as the "first shot of (the ...
  • Dems turn on each other in search for advantage
    LA Times - 6 hours ago
    ... Sen. John Kerry on trade. Kerry faults former Vermont Gov. Howard
    Dean for his lack of defense and foreign policy experience. The ...
  • 10 Questions For Ted Kennedy
    TIME - 7 hours ago
    ... control, and maintaining law and order. What do you make of the Howard
    Dean phenomenon? I'ma John Kerry man. I think he has the ...
  • For NH town, presidential drama a reality
    Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA - 7 hours ago
    ... Most of the polling this year has indicated that the New Hampshire primary will
    be a slugfest between Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont, and the other ...
  • DNC eyes leadership worries
    Boston Globe, MA - 8 hours ago
    ... at communicating the essence of what our goal is in beating George Bush,'' said
    Steve Grossman, a former DNC head and current co-chairman of Howard Dean's ...
  • Bush playing his cards right in Iraq
    Chicago Sun Times, MARK STEYN, COLUMNIST
    ... his fellow Iraqis. But if he's out of step with his Baghdad neighbors
    he's on the same page as Howard Dean. The leading Democratic ...
  • Democrats fight to hurriedly fill fund-raising gap
    Knight-Ridder - 9 hours ago
    ... Candidates US Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and former Vermont Gov.
    Howard Dean have already offered to help, Erwin said. Representatives ...
  • Dean's anti-war stance galvanises Democrats
    Scotland on Sunday, UK - 17 hours ago
    ... bicycle trail. But since setting his sights a little higher, Howard
    Dean has rocked America’s political establishment. Not only ...
  • National health care back, with supporters
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - 14 hours ago
    ... administration official. "It is a moral imperative," thundered former
    Vermont Gov. Howard Dean in a recent campaign speech. "Access to ...
  • Uday, Qusay's Death May Quiet Criticism
    FOX News - 2 hours ago
    ... Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has openly
    questioned the president's
    truthfulness in his case for war. The front page of Missouri Rep. ...
  • Intelligence Matters
    Intellectual Conservative, AZ - 1 hour ago
    ... Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose Labor Party is to the left of Howard Dean, stated,
    ''If our critics are wrong, if we are right, as I believe with every fiber ...
  • Democrats Vie to Capture Public Attention in Campaign for ...
    Voice of America - 2 hours ago
    ... I'm Howard Dean and I'm here to represent the Democratic wing of
    the Democratic Party!" Mr. Dean said. Howard Dean has gone from ...
  • AFL-CIO primary support hard to get
    AP- 4 hours ago
    ... In addition, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean got the attention of
    labor with a strong fund-raising performance last quarter. If ...
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  • Edwards leads, but here comes Bush
    Charlotte Observer, NC - 10 hours ago
    ... both Carolinas. • After Edwards, no Democrat raised more in North
    Carolina than former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean. Thanks in part ...
  • Hard-pressed Dems
    Washington Times, DC - 12 hours ago
    ... Attending candidate Howard Dean was only too happy to compound his no-show competitors'
    problems by using the code word "disrespect," an aggrievem
    ent that ...

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