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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (462857)	9/22/2003 12:01:05 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769667

washingtonpost.com Dean, Driven by the Grass Roots Bottom-Up Strategy May Turn Politics Upside Down By Lois Romano Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, September 22, 2003; Page A01 By day, Jennifer Powers is a grant-writer for a school for the deaf, a Gen X'er who in past elections was like millions of others who vote but don't pay much attention to politics -- and certainly don't lift a finger to help any particular candidate. That changed for Powers a few months ago, when the 32-year-old Philadelphian, driven by a newfound passion, switched her voter registration from independent to Democrat and became an unpaid operative for Howard Dean's presidential campaign in Pennsylvania. Today, Powers sits on a Philly4Dean (philly4dean.com) steering committee she helped set up, overseeing grass-roots volunteers she helped recruit, and communicates online with a database of 2,000 prospective Dean supporters that she helped build. ................

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (462857)	9/22/2003 1:26:57 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Respond to of 769667

It's odd how the people who have a half-baked understanding of free markets don't understand the rules of supply and competition. A market is only free if the there is an ample supply of potential competition, for a variety of reasons that include not only regulatory but also capital and time entry costs. Energy can be deregulated to allow for competition, but that doesn't mean that there will be ample competition, and thus no 'free market' dynamics. It doesn't surprise me if this 'phenonmenon' of energy banditry is sweeping the nation. After the billions that they got out of California, with no consequences, it must seem like the Gold Rush to them...