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Thursday, January 30, 2003

 

President Endorses Howard Dean for President http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--dean2004-sheen0130jan30,0,5293453.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

posted by Jerome at Thursday, January 30, 2003 permalink View blog reactions
Howard Dean, while being covered by People Magazine for the day, dropped by the set of "West Wing", and was endorsed by Martin Sheen; the AP's Ross Sneyd breaks the story.

Sheen was not available for comment Thursday, but Liberty said he'd told her Dean is "the best possible hope for the Democrats because he's not afraid to lose.

"He is determined to create a viable national debate on the real issues," said Liberty of Dean.
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But if former Vice President Al Gore were running for the Democratic nomination, Sheen would support Gore, she added.


This is exactly the type of national (non-politically overt) exposure that Dean needs. Hopefully, People Magazine got some nice pictures on the West Wing set of President Josiah Bartlet and Howard Dean together, that will be in the magazine article on Dean this coming week.

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