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To: Rick McDougall who wrote (517012)	12/30/2003 7:48:10 AM
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``Dean will melt in a minute once Republicans start going after him,'' Lieberman said. Lieberman said he was surprised by Dean's sensitivity, noting that the former Vermont governor fired the first volleys with a negative ad about his rivals, called members of Congress ``cockroaches'' and party leaders ``prostitutes,'' and referred to the centrist Democratic Leadership Council as ``the Republican wing of the Democratic Party.'' Dean also warned Sunday that hundreds of thousands of his supporters would be unlikely to back anyone else in November if he is not the Democratic nominee. Kerry called the comment ``divisive and threatening'' and said it fit with Dean's pattern. ``He was the first candidate to attack in this campaign and the first to run negative ads and he has been attacking Democrats and their accomplishments during the Clinton years from day one of this race,'' Kerry said. Gephardt accused Dean of now wanting to change the rules of the game ``as he makes a series of embarrassing gaffes that underscore the fact that he is not well-equipped to challenge George Bush.'' Dunn, who has seen plenty of tough primaries, says this year is a bit different in that there is more than the usual one or two credible candidates attacking the front-runner. ``Now you have five,'' said Dunn, who advised former Sen. Bill Bradley in the 2000 primary contest against former Vice President Al Gore. ``The intensity is higher and the volume is louder.'' Dean's campaign had its usual feisty reaction to the reaction over his complaints.