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To: American Spirit who wrote (500708)	11/29/2003 8:50:29 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

They called themselves "the usual suspects." As a steadfast core of liberal Democratic politicians in Vermont, they spent more than a decade working closely, and often butting heads, with Howard Dean. Now they also call themselves something else -- strong supporters of their former governor's surging presidential campaign. "I know there are a lot of people up here surprised that I am backing him, 'cause I was one of the group that did not just go along with everything he wanted us to do," said Democrat Cheryl Rivers, a former six-term state senator from Stockbridge, who warred with Dean over his plan to change Vermont's health care system early in his tenure as governor. "I am preparing to be frequently disappointed, as I always am. But I see what Howard did here and what he brings to the race, and I give him my full endorsement." As Dean vaulted from long shot to leader of the Democratic pack, some of his most vocal critics have closed ranks behind the man who reportedly once referred to fellow Vermont Democrats as inhabitants of "La-La Land." They did not share his penchant while governor for pragmatic politics and fiscal conservatism. And some bristled at his brusque leadership style. But now those differences have been largely forgiven, if not forgotten, in the face of a common goal.http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A17514-2003Nov27?language=printer