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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (452600)	9/4/2003 2:38:43 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 769667

I don't see why not....it was the Clinton Administraiton that gave favorable treatment to ENRON...Rubin is in it up to his neck....the Bush Administration gave no special consideration to ENRON when they came begging.....

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (452600)	9/4/2003 2:53:30 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769667

September 4, 2003 Democrats to Compete in 1st Major Debate By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 2:28 p.m. ET ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Eight Democratic presidential candidates targeted the field's new front-runner, Howard Dean, as the fall campaign opened Thursday with the first major debate of the 2004 race. The 8 p.m. EDT showdown on the University of New Mexico campus was a critical test for Dean, the former Vermont governor trying to maintain his momentum and convince wary party leaders he can defeat President Bush. Eight other Democrats hoped to slow his ascent and find their own niche atop the field. ``I've got the boldest and I think the best ideas,'' Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri said hours before the debate. The gathering was to be broadcast on public television and Univision with simultaneous Spanish translation, a nod to the rising influence of Hispanic voters. New Mexico has a large Hispanic population -- about 42 percent -- and an Hispanic governor, Democrat Bill Richardson. It is the first of six debates -- two this month -- sanctioned by the Democratic Party through January, when the first binding elections are held in Iowa and New Hampshire. Dean has shaken up the presidential race, raising more money than any of his rivals between April and June while promising to widen the financial gap in the current fund-raising period. Polls show him tied in Iowa and opening a massive lead in New Hampshire. His surge rocked the campaign of John Kerry, who had cast himself as the early front-runner. The Massachusetts senator is counting on a victory in neighboring New Hampshire to propel him to the nomination. Dean also is a threat to Gephardt, who acknowledges he can't win the primary fight unless he finishes first in Iowa. The campaigns are unsure how to respond to Dean's rise. Some strategists fear the former Vermont governor will pull away with the nomination unless he is confronted. Others worry that aggressive tactics will make their candidates look mean while firing up Dean's backers. Arguments over strategy have deeply divided Kerry's campaign. The senator has criticized his own staff while promising there will be no shakeups. His wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, complained publicly that the campaign waited too long to air its first television ads. Kerry is now on the offensive. He said this week that Dean ``has zero experience in international affairs.'' He criticized Dean and Gephardt for seeking to repeal all of Bush's tax cuts, including some that benefit the middle class. Dean says he would not shy from going to war to protect America's interests but argues that Iraq's Saddam Hussein could have been contained without force. Dean's opposition to the war helped ignite his campaign. He says voters will gladly give back Bush's tax cuts if the money was used to balance the budget and reform health care. Each candidate had a strategy to try to break out of the pack during the 90-minute debate. Gephardt hoped to score points on health care reform and his opposition to trade pacts endorsed by his opponents. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut hoped to flesh out his argument that Dean is too liberal and inexperienced to defeat Bush. The field is rounded out by Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, Sen. Bob Graham of Florida, Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, former Illinois Sen. Carol Moseley Braun and Al Sharpton of New York. Democrats expected retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark to enter the race this month. Before the debate, Gephardt met Democratic lawmakers from Texas who have taken refuge here to block action on a Republican redistricting plan.