More on Dean

From the Washington Post
Over his five terms as Vermont governor, folks there say, Dean grew more polished as a politician and more fervent as a public speaker. In person, they say, the doctor is charming and charismatic, inquisitive about ordinary people and their problems, attentive to his constituents, family, staff and friends.

From Business Week
Q: What would you do to get the economy moving again?
A: First, we need to do what Clinton did in 1993: We need to make a genuine effort to start to balance the budget to restore investor confidence. The second thing I would do is to support the small-business community. They create more jobs than large businesses do, and they don't move their jobs offshore. And if American taxpayers are going to invest in businesses with tax breaks, we ought to invest in businesses that stay here

Cover Story in Time

There is a model for this kind of intentionally unpolished candidacy, and his name is John McCain.

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