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

To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (8924)	1/13/2004 10:18:09 PM
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Ex-President Carter to Offer Support for Dean reuters.com Tue January 13, 2004 08:49 PM ET BURLINGTON, Vt. (Reuters) - Former President Jimmy Carter will offer support for Democratic White House hopeful Howard Dean in a joint appearance in Georgia on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, campaign aides said on Tuesday. Carter was expected to remain officially neutral, but words of praise could help boost the former Vermont governor's chances when the race turns to the South on Feb. 3. Dean's campaign headquarters announced later that the Democratic front-runner would leave Iowa to attend services and Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, where Carter worships. "This event is not expected to be an endorsement event," the written statement said. Dean is in a tough fight with Missouri Rep. Richard Gephardt in Iowa's caucuses on Monday, the first big prize in the Democratic presidential race for the right to challenge President Bush. Former Vice President Al Gore and his Democratic primary rival in the 2000 election, former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley, have both endorsed Dean, boosting the Washington outsider's establishment credentials. A spokeswoman for former President Bill Clinton said on Tuesday he would not endorse anyone until a nominee was chosen. Carter predicted late last year that Dean's chances in Iowa and New Hampshire, which holds its primary on Jan. 27, looked "quite, quite good." Carter's son, Chip, is supporting and helping the Dean campaign. "My overwhelming desire ... is to help the candidate that, in the last stages, maybe even of the primary, I think will do the best job in defeating George Bush in November," Carter said in an appearance on the CNN program "Larry King Live." Carter, who also ran for the White House when he was a little-known governor, said Dean came to him in 2002 to share his plans for seeking the Democratic presidential nomination and ask for advice on the importance of Iowa, New Hampshire and other primary contests. © Copyright Reuters 2004. All rights reserved. Any copying, re-publication or re-distribution of Reuters content or of any content used on this site, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent of Reuters.