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Article: Getting religion.
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- Commonweal
- Article date:
- January 16, 2004
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After a series of largely ignored debates and months of organizing and cajoling, candidates for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination are about to enter a dizzying period of caucuses and primaries that could determine the nominee by March. The conventional wisdom is that Vermont Governor Howard Dean, who has run on a staunchly anti-war, anti-Bush platform, is the man to beat. Dean has energized the Democratic base, won the endorsement of important labor unions, and raised more money than any other candidate through his unprecedented use of the Internet. As the frontrunner, Dean has increasingly come in for vilification from his rivals, who are eager to question ...