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To: LindyBill who wrote (23547)	1/8/2004 8:34:48 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 793677

Four years ago, Dean said caucuses dominated by special interests (01-08) 17:10 PST BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- Democrat Howard Dean, engaged in a fierce fight to win Iowa's presidential caucuses, said four years ago that caucuses are dominated by special interests, words that could haunt him with less than two weeks before the Jan. 19 contest. "If you look at the caucuses system, they are dominated by the special interests, in both sides, in both parties," Dean said on a Canadian television show in 2000. "The special interests don't represent the centrist tendencies of the American people. They represent the extremes." Dean made the comments on "The Editors," which covered U.S. and Canadian politics and was filmed in Montreal, not far north of the Vermont border where he served as governor. NBC News reviewed 90 of Dean's appearances on the show since 1996 and first reported his comments about the caucuses Thursday night. The airing of the tape comes as the race has tightened, with the latest poll showing Dean and Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri battling for the lead and Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts in third place. Kerry spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said in a statement that Dean is going to extremes of his own to win Iowa voters. "Which Howard Dean are Iowans going to vote for -- the one who insults them, or the one who will soon be releasing yet another clarifying statement?" The Dean campaign did not have immediate comment. sfgate.com