Cruiser, there is a web site where you select the answers to issues that most agree with your answers and then it gives you a list of candidates, Democratic and Republican, that agree with you in descending order, agreeing most to least. After that, you have to judge their character, intelligence, etc., to make a choice.

http://www.selectsmart.com/PRESIDENT/

Dean is a fiscal conservative, is adamant about balanced budgets, also about prevention - prevention of crime and poverty by helping children from birth onward to be in stable homes and prepared for school. His programs in Vermont reduced child abuse and molestation drastically and Vermont now as the lowest teen pregnancy rate in the country. His approach is to prevent costs from increasing (prison/crime costs, environmental costs, welfare costs) as well as balancing budgets. His programs after 5 terms of governor have proven that they work. See this site regarding a foundation he created before he became a presidential candidate:
Fund for A Healthy America
http://www.fundforahealthyamerica.com/HowardDean.asp



Alice