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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MrLucky who wrote (8700)	1/8/2004 11:30:46 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10965

You have to admit that Bush is not a very good president. Without a script he wouldn't even know what to say or think.

To: MrLucky who wrote (8700)	1/9/2004 12:53:11 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10965

Dean's 2000 Caucuses Remark May Haunt Him 55 minutes ago Add Politics - AP to My Yahoo! DES MOINES, Iowa - Democrat Howard Dean (news - web sites), 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. AP Photo "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 quickly sought to stem the damage Thursday night, saying, "I support the Iowa caucus" and will continue to press for its first-in-the-nation status. He did not specifically address his comments on the Canadian television program. "I have spent nearly two years here in Iowa, talking to Iowans and campaigning in all 99 counties," Dean told The Associated Press. "I believe it's time to stand together, in common purpose, to take our country back and the Iowa caucus is where it all begins." Nonetheless, the videotaped comments put him at odds with the power structure he's trying to win over. Iowa Democratic Party leaders quickly rejected Dean's assertion while the campaigns of his presidential rivals gleefully seized on it as yet another gaffe by a candidate who has made several. "The governor believes the Iowa caucuses remain a good proving ground for candidates as they take their messages into living rooms and around kitchen tables of real people," said Amanda Crumley, spokeswoman for Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsack, who is neutral. Iowa Democratic Chairman Gordon Fischer said he disagreed with Dean. "The Iowa caucuses are dominated by regular Iowans who are concerned about bread and butter issues that all Americans care about," Fischer said. Dean's rivals seized on his comments. Gephardt quickly called an airport news conference to label the comments "unbelievable" and say that Iowa Democrats deserve an explanation. "I can't understand his comments about special interests dominating the caucuses," said Gephardt. "Who are these special interests?" Gephardt said he sees only "ordinary people" as he campaigns for the caucuses and that Dean should address the issue. "He should certainly give them an explanation of what he meant when he said these things," Gephardt said. "Iowans deserve an explanation." Kim Rubey, a spokesman for John Edwards said the North Carolina senator "fully appreciates what he has learned by campaigning in all of Iowa's 99 counties." Stephanie Cutter, a spokeswoman for Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), said Dean "is going to extremes of his own to win over Iowa voters." "Which Howard Dean are Iowans going to vote for — the one who insults them, or the one who will be soon releasing yet another clarifying statement?" Dean made the comments on "The Editors," which covered U.S. and Canadian politics and was filmed in Montreal, not far north of Vermont 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 broadcast comes at a crucial time in the race, just 10 days before Iowa's leadoff caucuses on Jan. 19.