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

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (2726)	2/5/2004 11:56:13 AM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3079

chinusfo, In final days before Nov election, American voters will struggle with the specter of the possibility of another 9/11 attack on the homeland. Bush Campaign will make certain the voters entertain that unsettling thought re the country's future. They'll paint picture of military strength & homeland security versus job creation & immigration issues. If Dems have not nominated a formidable team considered capable of both domestic security & domestic fiscal responsibility, voters fears will probably result in GW Bush's re-election. Voters will feel they have lost the luxury of electing someone competent domestically but vulnerable on defense of homeland(like Pres Clinton was perceived pre-election) IMO best team to convince electorate for Dems would be the 3 most credible men: Dean, Edwards & Clark--obviously not necessarily in that order. At this point, I believe Edwards is more electable as Pres with either Dean or Clark as VP. He probably needs Clark as VP candidate to add the security quotient. However, there are many prominent positions available for Dean.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (2726)	2/5/2004 1:11:19 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3079

From the time he entered the Senate 19 years ago, Kerry often has tried to have it both ways. The man who calls himself "the real deal" on the campaign trail also portrays himself as a centrist. But his lifetime rating from Americans for Democratic Action, the liberal group that rates lawmakers on their voting patterns, is 93%. That, as GOP National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie recently pointed out, is five percentage points higher than Ted Kennedy's lifetime rating. Kerry likes to pound Bush for his ties to "powerful interests" and "big oil." In fact, the Center for Responsive Politics notes Kerry has raised twice as much from lobbyists as any Democratic rival. Kerry voted for the No Child Left Behind Act, the Patriot Act and the resolution supporting war in Iraq — all Bush initiatives. And why not? Those conservative bills were popular when proposed. And, though he's a liberal, Kerry went with the flow. But today, you'll have trouble hearing him defend, or even admit to, those votes on the stump. Just as you'd have trouble knowing he once supported taking Saddam out — but changed his mind as polls shifted. Kerry's record of flip-flops on key issues, his history of cozy ties to lobbyists and his dissembling about his 19-year record in the Senate all deserve closer scrutiny by the media.