Dean picking up lots & lots of New York City endorsements

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ALBANY, N.Y. -- Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination was to pick up the endorsement Monday of New York City Council Speaker Gifford Miller and at least 20 other Democrats on the council.

The backing marks the latest in a string of high-profile endorsements in New York for Dean that range from powerful labor unions to rock icon Joan Jett.

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In recent weeks, the list of Dean supporters has grown to include mayors from Rochester (William Johnson) and Troy (Marc Pattison) as well as state Sens. Neil Breslin of Albany and Thomas Duane of Manhattan; and state Assembly members William Parment of Chautauqua County and Crystal Peoples of Buffalo.

Dean also has the support of Queens Democratic Chairman Thomas Manton and the Dennis Rivera-led Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union. Rivera is a former member of the Democratic National Committee and his union, which represents mainly health care workers, is considered among the most politically powerful in the state.

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There are 48 Democrats on New York City's 51-member Council.


http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--dean-endorsements1208dec07,0,6008859.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

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1. Syndicated Columnist Molly Ivins endorses Howard Dean

Dean gives a hell of a speech -- even if you're Republican, you should go and hear him just for the experience.

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<b>Howard Dean's a Winner </b>


By: Molly Ivins
Syndicated Columnist

AUSTIN, Texas -- No one has been waiting with bated breath for me to make up my mind about the Democratic presidential candidates, but I have, and you might be interested in how I got there. I'm for Howard Dean -- because he's going to win.

It is the bounden duty of bleeding-heart liberals like myself to make our political choices based on purity of heart, nobility of character, depth of compassion, sterling integrity and generosity of spirit. The concept of actually winning a political race does not, traditionally, influence the bleeding heart liberal one iota -- certainly not in the primaries.

Over the years, I have proudly voted for a list of losers only a lily-pure liberal could love. I am rather surprised not to find myself in the camp of the Noble Dennis Kucinich this year. (And believe me, there are supporters of the Noble Dennis who are plenty upset about it, too.) In fact, I initially passed on Dean precisely because he looked like one of my usual losers -- 2 percent in the polls and the full weight of Vermont behind him ... wow, my kind of guy.

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2. welcome to DU!!!!

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3. Hi scotia!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

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4. Welcome to DU!

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And I LOVE your Dean picture. The man looks, well, just SO presidential, doesn't he? B-)

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6. Good for you! And good to see you're here.

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