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...step up and define himself, or the Bush campaign will spend millions of dollars doing it for him. For instance, Dean signed a bill establishing civil unions for homosexuals in Vermont, which is not the same as gay marriage. But that distinction doesn't faze one top G.O.P. activist in the Midwest, who chortles, "He'll be for gay marriage when we're through with...
...that distinguishes Dean Democracy from its predecessors--cyberstyle. When the Supreme Court upheld the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance-reform law last week, it was a ratification of New-New fund-raising practices. Soft money--that is, giant corporate contributions to political parties--is out; giant personal contributions to nonparty activist organizations like MoveOn.org are in. "The irony is, the Democratic National Committee could use soft money to run positive ads about our candidates," a prominent Democrat told me last week. "The law says MoveOn.org isn't allowed to promote individual candidates. They're limited to informational ads, like the ones...
...seen her husband, pro-democracy activist and former Kennedy School of Government (KSG) student Yang Jianli, since he was imprisoned on espionage charges in April...
...think of few people as gentle, level-headed and sincerely concerned about respecting life as Meghan Howard. She is no fire-breathing activist who enjoys rebelling against order and embarrassing the University. She was practically hyperventilating with nervousness the night before, but she loves the Tibetan people enough to step out of her comfort zone to demand respect for their human rights. Ad Board or no Ad Board, thank goodness that at least one country on earth respects her right to do so, since people in China cannot speak for themselves...
Yang Jianli, a former Kennedy School graduate student and pro-democracy activist, was arrested for entering China using false documents in April 2002. He was tried this past August but has not been sentenced...