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[timepiececlock]

So Al Gore is supporting Howard Dean, huh? Pretty early move for the Democratic Party. Verrrrrrrrrry interesting.

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[laurashalo.livejournal.com]

If Lieberman was the perfect fit for Gore in 2000, something must have changed for Al to be endorsing Dean. Seems to me to reflect a bit of a shift left for Gore, but maybe that's because I'm more towards the right?

This does seem to be a bit early for such an endorsement, but looks certain that Dean will be the nominee in 2004.

[mrthursday.livejournal.com]

For the most part I like dean. Which inevitable means he is too left wing to win popular support in the US, so I reckon if the democrats go with him, Bush will get in....

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I'd prefer a shift left. The Democratic has slowly been shifting right in the 90s, toward a really ineffectual middle, and I'd like to see something different.

The Lieberman part has me interested, because I would have assumed that Gore would have supported him.

[laurashalo.livejournal.com]

Just curious... was Clinton too moderate in your opinion? I have always heard a lot of appreciation of Clinton from many liberals and wondered if you wished he'd leaned more left or if his moderate views were appropriate for the 90s, but now it is time for the Democratic party to move away from the center?

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I liked Clinton overall. I found him very charismatic, and for better or worse I trusted him as a leader. Then again, I was in middle school so it's not like it was a big thing for me. I had a world of sympathy for him over the Monica scandal, a damaging waste of time and resources I still haven't forgiven the Republican party for. But since taking more classes in school just basically growing up a little more, I've become more aware of ways, particularly regarding international trade, in which I am not in total agreement with some of the policies. But overall I supported his presidency. I loved some of the liberal things he did, particularly in creating Americorps. It's such a shame that program is now suffering from extreme lack of funds because of poor budgetting decisions by the current administration and disregard for its value. Clinton was also supportive of the environment, which I appreciated.