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...Agreement. The teachers' unions weren't thrilled with his sympathetic discussions of school vouchers or his speech in 1998 in which he called for an "end to teacher tenure as we know it." Seniors may be surprised that in 1997 he proposed that rich people pay higher Medicare premiums. Iowa's farmers were reminded in the days before the caucuses that he had once proposed abolishing the Department of Agriculture. Civil libertarians were spooked by his support for roving wiretaps even before 9/11. African Americans were troubled by his assertion in 1992 that it was time to move past affirmative...
...husband." She still has a tendency to volunteer what another political spouse might lie about--her Botox shots, her prenuptial agreement, what she would do if she ever caught her husband cheating and the fact that Kerry was in the bathroom when he found out he had won the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary...
...outsider's view of America that captivates the crowds in places like the Ruby Elephant Coffee Shop in Kalona, Iowa. "People die around the world wanting to have freedom of speech and the right to vote," she told them. "The idea of America--more than geography or more than a flag, even--when you are far away, is an idea of possibility. It's an idea of hope. It's an idea of trust. It's an idea of trying and succeeding if you want to." She is a halting, sincere speaker, and even when she has a microphone...
...liberal instincts is obviously genuine. After eight years of careful Clintonian positioning, it's refreshing. Compared with Kerry's packaged, tested, hollow rants against "special interests," Dean's straight talk is invigorating. He isn't haunted, as Kerry is, by the specter of Vietnam. Even the famous Iowa scream had more authenticity and fire than Kerry's labored recitation "Bring it on." Unlike Kerry, Dean has held a serious executive office--balancing budgets, reforming health care, innovating on civil rights. Kerry's undistinguished, flip-floppy Senate record is far less impressive...
...siege of migraines at swank industry boites like Morton's and The Ivy, among studio bosses and stars alike. It's a bit like the presidential primaries, which used be a contest through June. Now the race could be over by March, especially if you stumble or scream in Iowa...