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Politics : HOWARD DEAN -THE NEXT PRESIDENT? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (2326)	1/22/2004 1:15:47 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3079

Here's the latest: Presidential Elections - AP Dean Says Voters Will See Through Flaws 17 minutes ago By RON FOURNIER, AP Political Writer LEBANON, N.H. - A humbled Howard Dean (news - web sites) said Thursday, "I have my warts. I sometimes say things that get me in trouble," but argued Thursday that voters will see through the flaws and rally to his troubled presidential candidacy. "In other words, I lead with my heart and not my head. That's the only chance we have against George Bush," Dean said as he sought to recover from his third-place Iowa finish and the fallout over his speech on caucus night. Dean, who once led by 25 percentage points, fell 5 to 10 percentage points behind surging John Kerry (news - web sites) in the most recent polls for the New Hampshire primary, set for Tuesday. Strolling the stage of a renovated opera house, Dean made light several times of his political blunder Monday, telling supporters with a raspy voice, "I still have not recovered my voice from my screeching in Iowa." Dean sought to put the best face on the fallout. "Look, I'm not a perfect person. I have my warts. I sometimes say things that get me in trouble. I wear suits that are cheap. But I say what I think and I believe what I say, and I'm willing to say things that are not popular but ordinary people know are right," he said. The former Vermont governor said he's "not blow-dried ... not coached," and added, "I don't look at polls and even if I did, they didn't do me any good in Iowa." "This has been a great campaign and you know what you're going to do on Tuesday is make this campaign continue all the way" until the Democratic nomination, "and then we're going on to election day, and then one year from Jan. 20, which was a day or so ago, we're going to change this country," he said. Dean, who said he's fighting off a cold, spent the night at his home in nearby Burlington, Vt. He and his campaign workers planned to highlight his record as Governor. It is the same tactic used by President Bush (news - web sites) after he was defeated here in the 2000 GOP primary by Sen. John McCain, a self-styled political reformer. Bush left New Hampshire with a new slogan pointing to his record in Texas, "reformer with results." Dean did not mention his rivals by name, but the point was not lost on the 500 or so supporters when he said, "I'm campaigning against a system where politicians will say anything just to get elected." In Claremont, N.H., Dean repeated his new tone. "I may wear the wrong suits and say the wrong things but you'll always know what I believe in," he said. Claremont is the city where then-President Clinton and then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., met to discuss campaign finance reform, an issue Dean is stressing as part of his recovery plan. Dean is running against three senators — Kerry, John Edwards of North Carolina and Joe Lieberman) of Connecticut — as well as retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark. In a lengthy question-and-answer session, one voter told Dean to take care of his voice by drinking hot tea and speaking more from the diaphragm. Dean, his campaign on the line, laughed, placed his hand on his stomach and said in a low voice, "Speaking from the diaphragm works really well."