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Dean wants to make renewable energy a
security issue
By STEVEN K. PAULSON The Associated Press Speaking to about 200
supporters at a luncheon, the former “The president has put us
far behind Europeans on renewable energy,” Dean said to a round of applause. State Democratic Party
officials declined to say how much was raised at the fund-raiser for Dean’s
presidential campaign. Tickets to the luncheon ranged from $100 to $1,000. Republicans already have a
huge early advantage, with the Republican National Committee outraising the
Democratic National Committee by more than 3-to-1 in the first three months of
the year. President Bush’s
re-election campaign is halfway toward raising $20 million in a two-week push,
with a goal of $200 million or more. Dean criticized Bush’s tax
cuts and said most people would give up those cuts if they could have the
booming economy they had when Democrat Bill Clinton was president. Dean said Bush is soft on
homeland security, leaving most cargo bound for the He also poked fun at the
president, mocking his “Clear Skies” plan for not reducing pollution and his
“ “This president has no
idea what long-term vision means,” Dean said. He said Bush cost the Ed Gillespie, senior adviser
to the Republican National Committee, criticized Dean for opposing Bush and the
war in “Howard Dean positions his
opposition to the war as an act of political courage and says he was right all
along,” Gillespie said. He said the policy is
destined to fail because it opposes action against On the Net: Howard Dean: http://www.deanforamerica.com
President Bush: http://www.bushforpresident.com
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