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12.03.2003

Crimson: Dean Defends Vietnam Deferment 

Crimson writer Jessica Rubin-Wills had this: "Howard Dean kept his cool last night during his hour in Chris Matthews’s hotseat even as he admitted during a furious round of questioning that he had hoped to receive a deferment from serving in Vietnam when he presented a draft board with evidence of a medical problem..."

Down by the seventh graf: "...Dean drew the strongest interest of the six candidates who have visited Harvard so far, with 1,819 people entering a lottery to watch the broadcast live at Forum..."

Aaron Kellogg was there to cover it for the Daily Free Press: "Dean: gay marriage state issue."

ABCNews Political Unit's The Note, while noting that Dean is again dominating the news cycle, also pointed us to a Yale Daily News peice, titled "Why Dean Can't Win In '04 Election," reflecting the sentiments of some Democrats:

"Dean has run a fantastic campaign by tapping into a very real anger that exists among many Democrats, including this one. I believe Dean when he says he wants to be the candidate for everybody, even guys with Confederate flags on the backs of their pickup trucks. Unfortunately, the reality is that Dean can only be the candidate for people with Darwin fishes on the backs of their Volvos and rainbow decals on the backs of their Jettas. He's not a bad guy, but if he's our standard bearer, Democrats are in deep poop..."
UPDATE: The Yale Daily News put this correction online: "Yesterday's column 'Why Dean can't win in '04 election' failed to include that the author is the Yale College Democrats' Kerry Coalition Head."

# posted by Gin @ 12:58 AM
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