AP: Dean Moves to Lead Democrats Against Bush

[huckleberry]

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/6657577.htm

RON FOURNIER
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - In a summer of political surprises, Howard Dean catapulted to the head of the Democratic presidential field while President Bush lost his aura of invincibility in Iraq. The fall campaign presents critical tests for both men.

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At Bush re-election headquarters, where Dean once was dismissed as a perfect foil, the former Vermont governor is getting a closer look. He still can be cast as a tax-raising, ill-tempered, undisciplined candidate, Republicans argue, but what if he should win the nomination while swelling the Democratic base?

"They better be worried," said Donna Brazile, manager of Al Gore's 2000 campaign. "Dean's cooking with grease."

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Dean hopes to build on his momentum in September with daily events designed to put his activists to work. With supporters who tend to be young and white, Dean recognizes that he needs a deeper constituency and will begin advertising on black and Hispanic radio.

Months after the centrist Democratic Leadership Council called him too liberal, Dean is winning converts within the DLC for supporting gun rights and balanced budgets in Vermont.

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Democrats expect retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark to enter the race soon, with some suspecting that he and Dean hope to share the Democratic ticket. New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Gore deny rumors that they'll run.

[KoKo]

1. Brazille says Dean is cooking with "grease?" Okay...................?????

just what will interest more folks.......grease! LOL's (I think she means "on fire," but what a poor choice of words...

[Demobrat]

3. I think she meant to say

gas. For you youngsters, "now you're cooking with gas" is an old advertising slogan.

[w4rma]

5. I've heard it (used it) with "grease", instead of "gas", here in Virginia.

Maybe it's a local saying: "Now he's cookin' with grease."

The word "grease", in this context, seems to have more umph than "gas", IMHO.

Grease fires and high boiling point grease as opposed to your everyday gas stove.

[tedoll78]

2. Is there any evidence to..

this Dean and Clark thing. I've read that they "talk", but is there anything else to this? I'd adore a Dean/Clark or Clark/Dean run..

[w13rd0]

4. Well, if there were...

...it would be one way for the Dean Team to actually get the backing of much of the DLC and Democratic establishment without sacrificing much. And for the DLC and the establishment Democrats, it would be a way to bolster the ticket, keep themselves "relevant", and ensure that their corporate spigot were not snapped shut.

That's just my opinion though, I could be wrong...