Word: vermonters
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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While the Clintons have not said publicly whether they will back Clark’s bid, former Vice President Al Gore ’69 threw his support behind former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean yesterday...
...higher education, however, it is quite disconcerting that some Democratic candidates are conflating the need to encourage young Americans to pursue higher education with the desire for more youth participation in public service. Specifically, plans by candidates Kerry, Sen. John D. Edwards—and to some extent former Vermont Governor Howard Dean—all provide financial incentives for post-secondary education to those students who will devote considerable time to community service—either during college or after graduation, via service work or low-income public interest jobs. While encouraging public service is a praiseworthy goal...
...Democrats, meanwhile, are not helping deficit hawks make their case, having shown few signs of running on fiscal restraint themselves. In fact, last week one presidential contender, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, tried repeatedly to paint the field's putative front runner, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, as a "balanced-budget freak" and to nail him for once wanting to "slow the rate of growth" of Medicare. Dean bobbed and weaved, proving that he too knows there is no political appetite for a candidate who serves up hard choices. The polls don't seem to give him or his competitors...
...have to take exception with your description of Howard Zinn as a “liberal” (News, “Zinn Speaks Out Against Iraq Occupation, Summers,” Dec. 5). Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean is a liberal, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 are liberals. I don’t think any of them would want to be associated with anyone who put Bush in the same league as Saddam Hussein or Osama bin Laden. Zinn might be a leftist or a radical...
Location: Route 108 in Stowe, Vermont...