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To: LindyBill who wrote (19355)	12/10/2003 8:28:42 PM
From: kumar	Respond to of 793551

re Dean : Watched a show on TV last night, where former President Carter acknowledged that Dean has been having discussions and consultations with him for over a year.

To: LindyBill who wrote (19355)	12/10/2003 10:56:09 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793551

That's more of the "subtle inside game" pundit-talk. Your prior link puts it more simply and accurately. What's interesting is the lack of any fancy strategic calculation. Anyone else would at least have held serious staff meeting and planned the timing of the release and who to bring in on it. Rove would have been planning 5 newswire stories and 10 other pundits' commentary. (One thing the pundits hate is not being cared for, not having talking points handed to them, or otherwise shown to be irrelevent... lol) msnbc.com "Gore informed Dean of his decision Friday in a 45-minute call during which Dean, riding in his campaign van, spoke in hushed tones. Dean then called his scheduler and inquired about the possibility of getting a larger jet to fly from New York to Iowa, prompting the scheduler to inquire with campaign manager Joe Trippi as to why a scheduled event in Philadelphia was being blown off for a trip to Iowa. When Trippi asked the same question of Dean, he got no answer and thus the wheels were put into motion without the bulk of the campaign being aware of what was happening. Schein says Gore and Dean had exchanged phone calls every 10 to 14 days since last September when Dean reached out after being impressed by an Iraq policy speech Gore gave. Over the course of the ensuing months, the bond between the two grew and Gore delivered two other speeches Dean liked on behalf of MoveOn.org. Schein says their relationship grew to the point where Tipper Gore got involved in vetting a speech Dean gave on metal healthcare policy three months ago. Yet, the first meeting didn’t take place until November, when the two spoke for 90 minutes at Gore’s home in Nashville"