Democratic Presidential Nomination

Grok Headline matches for Democratic Presidential Nomination

"as he announced his withdrawal from the
race for the Democratic Presidential
nomination."

"as he announced his withdrawal from the
race for the Democratic Presidential
nomination." 02/13/2004 02:37 PM

Al Gore Intends To Endorse Howard Dean
For The Democratic Presidential
Nomination

Al Gore Intends To Endorse Howard Dean
For The Democratic Presidential
Nomination 12/09/2003 09:42 AM
Not surprising

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Kerry Will Accept Nomination at
Democratic Convention

Kerry Will Accept Nomination at
Democratic Convention 05/26/2004 06:19 PM
Senator John Kerry had considered a plan to delay the formality so he could narrow President Bush's public money advantage.

Kerry May Delay Accepting Democratic
Nomination

Kerry May Delay Accepting Democratic
Nomination 05/21/2004 08:24 PM
Senator John Kerry would gain time to raise private contributions and lessen President Bush's financial advantage.

Kerry to Accept Democratic Nomination at
Convention

Kerry to Accept Democratic Nomination at
Convention 05/26/2004 07:39 PM
Reuters via Wired News May 26 2004 11:32PM GMT

Kerry May Delay Accepting Democratic
Nomination (Reuters)

Kerry May Delay Accepting Democratic
Nomination (Reuters) 05/21/2004 02:31 PM
Reuters - White House hopeful John Kerry may delay his formal acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination, enabling him to continue to spend freely for an extra five weeks, a campaign aide said on Friday.

Kerry to Accept Democratic Nomination at
Convention (Reuters)

Kerry to Accept Democratic Nomination at
Convention (Reuters) 05/26/2004 10:51 PM
Reuters - Democrat John Kerry said on Wednesday he would formally accept his party's presidential nomination at the Boston convention in July but keep exploring ways to reduce President Bush's financial advantage for the general election.

Kerry Considers Strategic Delay for
Democratic Nomination

Kerry Considers Strategic Delay for
Democratic Nomination 05/22/2004 02:25 AM
By delaying his acceptance of the nomination, John Kerry can continue to spend funds he raised for the primaries.

In an EXCLUSIVE, NY Post calls
Democratic VP nomination for Tom Dewey

In an EXCLUSIVE, NY Post calls
Democratic VP nomination for Tom Dewey 07/07/2004 07:57 AM
"Kerry picks Gephardt." .. New York Post says .. is reporting .. says

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Kerry Arrives in Boston to Accept
Democratic Nomination

Kerry Arrives in Boston to Accept
Democratic Nomination 07/28/2004 01:30 PM
John Kerry sought to burnish his credentials as a would be commander-in-chief today as he happily accepted the endorsement of a dozen retired generals and admirals.

A Weekly News Round-Up and Handicapping
of the Race for the Democratic
Nomination

A Weekly News Round-Up and Handicapping
of the Race for the Democratic
Nomination 01/04/2004 06:13 AM
PoliBlog: The Toast-O-Meter (First Issue of 2004!) .. ready

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"former Vice President Albert Gore is
reported to be about to endorse Howard
Dean for the Democratic nomination."

"former Vice President Albert Gore is
reported to be about to endorse Howard
Dean for the Democratic nomination." 12/10/2003 10:15 PM

former Vice President Albert Gore is
reported to be about to endorse Howard
Dean for the Democratic nomination

former Vice President Albert Gore is
reported to be about to endorse Howard
Dean for the Democratic nomination 12/09/2003 07:21 AM
impending endorsement

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Democratic presidential candidates
prefer PCs

Democratic presidential candidates
prefer PCs 11/05/2003 12:09 PM
Democratic presidential candidates were asked one very important question last night at the Rock the Vote debate in Boston: Mac or PC? Of those that answered the audience question, Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean said PC, Former U.S...

Should we pay attention to the
Democratic Presidential candidates on TV
(or anywhere)?

Should we pay attention to the
Democratic Presidential candidates on TV
(or anywhere)? 01/22/2004 02:13 AM

Flip on the television these days and instead of an entertaining comedy one will often find news coverage of the Democratic Presidential primaries.  Should we pay attention to the speeches and commentary?  Perhaps the Web Age has relieved us of the need to sit and watch these men in real time.

Let's look at http://www.deanforamerica.com/, for example.  A quick read of the "on the issues" section is more informative than 100 hours of TV coverage.  Here are some things that I noticed...

His "job creation plan" (under "economy") proposes to make sure that broadband Internet access is "available" in rural areas.  Given that it is already possible to get two-way high-speed satellite Internet at a reasonable cost ($70/month, a touch more than the $50/month that urbanites pay for cable modems) anywhere in the Lower 48 and has been for several years, this presumably means that Dean wants to subsidize politically powerful people who live in underpopulated farm states.  So basically Dean wants to shovel more money from people who live in cities to people who live on farms... just like every other American politician.  Dean doesn't propose to invest in anything new, e.g., a wireless Internet infrastructure.

Dean has an extensive section on K-12 education.  Whenever a federal politician talks about what he is going to do for America's schools you can be sure that he is lying.  The federal government pays only about 7% of the cost of K-12 education in this country and therefore has almost no control over what happens in our classrooms.  Pity the poor teacher in her classroom.  She has to answer to the vice-principals and principal of her school.  She has to answer to the superintendent of her city or county.  She has to answer to a skyscraper full of bureaucrats in her state's central education administration.  And then all of them have to answer to the federal U.S. Department of Education, all of whose employees answer in turn to their Secretary who answers in his or her turn to the President.  There are more layers of management above a K-12 teacher than above an assembly-line worker at GM or Toyota, which makes sense until you reflect that it takes $billions in capital investment to build a car whereas plenty of brilliant people were educated at their parents' kitchen table.  Honest politicians generally start from the position that the federal Department of Education should be abolished.  Then they show up in Washington and find that this isn't political acceptable so they try to curb its growth.  The dishonest ones make a lot of promises about what they are personally going to do, sitting at their desk in the White House, for a kid in a classroom in Peoria, whose school is almost entirely funded by local taxpayers.

On foreign policy Howard Dean complains that the Bush Administration has "disengaged" from meddling in the 55-year-old war between the Arab nations and Israel.  His proposed solution?  "The Israeli government will have to work to improve the living conditions of the Palestinian people".  This is a tough goal given that the Palestinians have a 5% annual population growth rate; the Israelis would have to somehow generate more than 5% annual GDP growth among the Palestinians, many of whom are illiterate (a 5% annual GDP growth rate is something that we Americans are unable to achieve for ourselves, despite the fact that we have almost unlimited capital and a well-educated citizenry).  The U.S. meanwhile will "have to take responsibility with its international partners for helping the Palestinians establish a middle-class democratic society in which women fully participate in economic and political decision-making."  (See http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/20 01793273_honorkilling17.html for a story on women's status within present-day Palestinian society.)

Under Energy/Clean Air, Dean says "To reduce oil consumption and global warming emissions, Governor Dean believes we should increase the average fuel economy standard to approximately 40 miles per gallon for all automobiles, including SUVs and minivans."  This might have some effect on the environment circa 2020 but it doesn't do anything to discourage people from driving their 2004 model year monster SUVs.  An economist would chuck all of Dean's complex proposals in favor of a $10/barrel tax on oil, a $20/barrel tax on imported oil, and some sort of tax on pollution.

It would appear that a thoughtful voter could easily write off Howard Dean as a non-entity after spending 30 minutes at his Web site.  And perhaps this process can be repeated for the other candidates.  Are there any Dean supporters who would care to use the comments section to note brilliant ideas from the Howard Dean campaign that I've overlooked?  And would one have been more likely to discover these ideas watching Dean on TV rather than looking at his Web site?

Do the Democratic presidential
candidates have what it takes to lead?

Do the Democratic presidential
candidates have what it takes to lead? 01/24/2004 10:22 AM
OpinionJournal - Jack Welch .. leadership

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Clark Quits Democratic Presidential Race
(Reuters)

Clark Quits Democratic Presidential Race
(Reuters) 02/10/2004 11:54 PM
Reuters - Former NATO commander Wesley Clark will quit the race to be the Democratic Party challenger to President Bush after a poor showing in Virginia and Tennessee primaries, a senior campaign aide said on Tuesday.

sparring over the terms for intelligence
briefings for the Democratic
presidential nominee

sparring over the terms for intelligence
briefings for the Democratic
presidential nominee 08/21/2004 07:11 AM
Key Briefings for Kerry Delayed (washingtonpost.com)

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Transcript: Rock The Vote Democratic
Presidential Candidate Forum

Transcript: Rock The Vote Democratic
Presidential Candidate Forum 11/05/2003 08:41 AM
What a bleeding fiasco .. transcript .. debate

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Kerry Wins Iowa Democratic Presidential
Caucuses (washingtonpost.com)

Kerry Wins Iowa Democratic Presidential
Caucuses (washingtonpost.com) 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
Kerry wins Iowa caucuses, Gephardt expected to bow out .. strongly for John Kerry and John Edwards .. Sen. John Kerry was the surprise winner .. win the Iowa primary .. a distant third .. now certain .. fuck you .. the

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Democratic presidential candidates offer
help for Michigan's Internet voting

Democratic presidential candidates offer
help for Michigan's Internet voting 12/18/2003 03:21 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Dec 18 2003 3:10AM ET

A Must-read Perspective: Why The
Democratic Presidential Candidates
Should Write off Dixie in 2004

A Must-read Perspective: Why The
Democratic Presidential Candidates
Should Write off Dixie in 2004 11/17/2003 06:58 AM
give up on the South .. Thomas Schaller

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The MoveOn.org PAC is holding a vote to
select a Democratic presidential
candidate for their support

The MoveOn.org PAC is holding a vote to
select a Democratic presidential
candidate for their support 01/06/2004 08:06 AM
Harpin' on the wars we fight, .. MoveOn.orgs Press Corps .. candlelight vigil .. angry leftists .. screaming .. egoff

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Democratic presidential candidate Al
Sharpton launched a blistering attack on
Howard Dean yesterday

Democratic presidential candidate Al
Sharpton launched a blistering attack on
Howard Dean yesterday 10/31/2003 04:59 AM
Howard Dean may be going a bit far .. praising Governor Dean's record .. let loose .. W. Post

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A Veteran Who Testified To John Kerry
About Atrocities He Committed In The
Vietnam War Is Now Claiming That The
Democratic Presidential Candidate
Coerced Him To Tell Tales

A Veteran Who Testified To John Kerry
About Atrocities He Committed In The
Vietnam War Is Now Claiming That The
Democratic Presidential Candidate
Coerced Him To Tell Tales 09/15/2004 03:40 PM
And the hits just keep on comin'

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Democratic Presidential Candidate Howard
Dean Told A Tallahassee Audience Today
That Southerners Have To Quit Basing
Their Votes On "Race, Guns, God And
Gays"

Democratic Presidential Candidate Howard
Dean Told A Tallahassee Audience Today
That Southerners Have To Quit Basing
Their Votes On "Race, Guns, God And
Gays" 11/06/2003 06:30 AM
telling them .. promptly .. GAFFE: .. gaffe

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"AL GORE REMINISCED ABOUT PULLING
TOBACCO, and John Kerry has fond
memories of his farmboy youth: The
presumptive Democratic presidential
nominee told about 100 gathered at a
western Wisconsin dairy farm that he
empathized with the plight of rural..."

"AL GORE REMINISCED ABOUT PULLING
TOBACCO, and John Kerry has fond
memories of his farmboy youth: The
presumptive Democratic presidential
nominee told about 100 gathered at a
western Wisconsin dairy farm that he
empathized with the plight of rural..." 07/05/2004 02:41 PM

Bush's Campaign Has An E-Mail List
Totaling 6 Million People, 10 Times The
Number That Democratic Presidential
Candidate Howard Dean Has, And The Bush
Operation Is In The Middle Of An
Unprecedented Drive To Register 3
Million New Republican Voters

Bush's Campaign Has An E-Mail List
Totaling 6 Million People, 10 Times The
Number That Democratic Presidential
Candidate Howard Dean Has, And The Bush
Operation Is In The Middle Of An
Unprecedented Drive To Register 3
Million New Republican Voters 12/02/2003 01:54 AM

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SelectSmart.com Selectors | 2004
AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SELECTOR
| President Candidates Bayh Biden
Bradley Browne Buchanan Bush Clark
Clinton Constitution Party Daschle Dean
Democratic Party Dodd Edwards Feingold
Feinstein Gephardt Gore Graham Gr

SelectSmart.com Selectors | 2004
AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SELECTOR
| President Candidates Bayh Biden
Bradley Browne Buchanan Bush Clark
Clinton Constitution Party Daschle Dean
Democratic Party Dodd Edwards Feingold
Feinstein Gephardt Gore Graham Gr 12/11/2003 06:11 AM
2004 American Presidential Candidate Selector quiz .. which candidate do you match up with" .. Find out who you'll be voting for .. Choose your President .. some online poll

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"Once upon a time, the most successful
Democratic leader of them all, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, looked south and said,
"I see one-third of a nation ill-housed,
ill-clad, ill-nourished." Today our
national Democratic leaders look south
and say, "I see..."

"Once upon a time, the most successful
Democratic leader of them all, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, looked south and said,
"I see one-third of a nation ill-housed,
ill-clad, ill-nourished." Today our
national Democratic leaders look south
and say, "I see..." 11/03/2003 09:33 PM

Decline the Nomination

Decline the Nomination 04/10/2004 07:04 PM
Frustrated Republicans: President on vacatio n while Iraq burns got you down? Feeling loyal to the party, ideas, or repulsed by the Dems? Agonizing over voting Bush to stay true? Sign the petition, Maybe you won't have to. And Dems, if you can promise to be open minded in November you can sign as well. via Blogging of the President

"decline the nomination"

"decline the nomination" 04/12/2004 03:24 PM

U.N. nomination battle

U.N. nomination battle 04/12/2005 10:56 AM
Democrats try to block the controversial John Bolton, but hopes that a moderate Republican will join them are dim.

has the nomination clinched

has the nomination clinched 11/12/2003 01:17 PM
Talking Points Memo .. JoshMarshall .. not over .. Judis

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Dismay at Wolfowitz's nomination

Dismay at Wolfowitz's nomination 03/17/2005 02:54 AM
Aid agencies condemn the nomination of Paul Wolfowitz as World Bank head, while Europe's response is cool.

Utah Gov. Out of Running for Nomination
(AP)

Utah Gov. Out of Running for Nomination
(AP) 05/09/2004 04:48 AM

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C.I.A. Chief Nomination Is an Act of
Healing and Politics

C.I.A. Chief Nomination Is an Act of
Healing and Politics 08/10/2004 09:37 PM
In nominating Porter J. Goss to head the C.I.A., President Bush is hoping to open a new chapter at the C.I.A. after a run of epic failures.

PC Thomas files nomination papers

PC Thomas files nomination papers 04/21/2004 07:36 AM
KeralaNext.com Apr 21 2004 11:45AM GMT

"at the fraudulent Nobel Prize
nomination"

"at the fraudulent Nobel Prize
nomination" 03/24/2005 12:08 AM

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Democratic Presidential Nomination

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