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...endorsement--but the question now is whether he will accept his advice. Even as Dean for the first time has begun to consistently lead the national polls--a measure both that he is getting closer to the nomination and that more people are paying attention to him--the former Vermont Governor confronts a new and substantial challenge: having got this far by telling Democrats what he is against, he must start telling them what he is for. Dean needs to step up and define himself, or the Bush campaign will spend millions of dollars doing it for him. For instance...
...know a lot of things about a lot of things, and particularly about the issues he dealt with as a Governor. (He's the only candidate with a dairy policy, for one.) His proposals for expanding health care and improving education both draw upon what he did in Vermont. When a doctor asked him about health insurance last month at a New Hampshire town hall, Dean launched into a detailed explanation of insurance premiums, the cost of drugs and his own medical practice, before finally apologizing: "That was probably more than you wanted to know...
Today one-third of U.S. dairy herds are injected with RBST, which stimulates cows to produce as much as 15% more milk. Lawsuits over labeling have forced the repeal of a Vermont hormone-disclosure law and stopped dairies in Illinois and Texas from touting their milk as RBST-free. Earlier this year the FDA took up the fight, warning producers in Florida, New York, New Jersey and Minnesota against using labels that say "no hormones" or "hormone-free." The agency has said nothing, however, about labels like Oakhurst's that refer only to farmers avoiding "artificial" or "synthetic" hormones. Monsanto...
...Armstrong. Consumer groups say if farmers can't label their milk as coming from cows free of artificial hormones, it could set a precedent for challenging such popular labels as "MSG-free," "no artificial flavors," "free-range" and "GM-free." Maine attorney general Steven Rowe plans to ask Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts to help him fight Monsanto when the suit goes to trial in January. "We in New England are into purity," he says. "The FDA may not have a problem with artificial growth hormones, but many consumers do." That's what farmers like John Nutting are counting...
After allowing teams to score an average of 84.4 points per game during a five-game stretch, Harvard finally buckled down on defense to hold Vermont to a season-low 48 points and a woeful .304 field-goal percentage...