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To: epicure who wrote (21223)	12/23/2003 12:26:14 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793717

DEAN AND BUSH RISE: As the president cruises back toward 60 percent approval, Dean streaks ahead of his nearest competitor. Dean is now at 31 percent support - and no one else is in double digits. Someone will emerge, of course. My bet is Clark. But the odds are now overwhelmingly in favor of a Bush-Dean match-up in the fall. One interesting nugget: The Post-ABC poll suggests that Dean's recent surge has come disproportionately from Democrats who do not closely identify with their party. In mid-October, Dean claimed the support of one in six Democratic-leaning independents and an equal proportion of party rank and file. Today, he gets significantly more support from independent Democrats (35 percent) than he does from party faithful (26 percent). Dean is remaking the Democrats. And it's hard to see how the establishment stops him without tearing their party apart. NEXT, SYRIA: The Blair government tries to build on its diplomatic success with Libya to put new pressure on Syria. Good luck talking France into it. Meanwhile, de Villepin is trying hard to spin his country's complete marginalization with regard to Libya: M de Villepin rejected suggestions that France lost face by being kept out of the diplomatic loop, arguing that it was a perfect example of his vision of an interdependent, multi-polar world at work. "It is only natural that those who are best placed at a given moment to use their capabilities to the common good do so, as long as their action is of an unquestionably multilateral nature."... Even the normally pro-government Le Figaro described the Libyan deal as a "semi-failure" for France, which has been against tough action against rogue states. Annick Lepetit, the Socialist party spokesman, said it signified "the isolation of France and French diplomacy in an area where it is traditionally influential". as Glenn would say: Heh. andrewsullivan.com