Dean Under the Microscope

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Dean Under the Microscope
Tuesday August 5, 2003
By: Register Editorial Board

Des Moines Register (8/5/03)

Who is this Howard Dean guy? It's a safe bet that a year ago hardly anyone in Iowa could have correctly identified him. Now he is the leading contender in next January's Iowa Democratic caucuses.
That suddenly makes the caucus campaign a lot more interesting.

The obscure former governor of a small state . . . well, that's a familiar script for the caucuses. Dean is a former governor of Vermont who has been campaigning full time with the face-to-face politics that can pay off in the caucuses. He added a new wrinkle by using the Internet to draw amazing support and donations.

In the latest Iowa Poll, Dean was the first choice of 23 percent of likely Democratic caucus-goers, 2 percentage points ahead of early favorite Congressman Dick Gephardt.

It's much too early to predict a Dean win in the caucuses, but it's interesting to speculate why he has come to lead a field of better-known contenders, including four sitting U.S. senators and two members of the U.S. House.

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