Monday, December 08, 2003

Gore, Dean, China, Bush Posted here Monday, December 08, 2003 at 3:04:40 PM     Two very important Gore to Endorse Howard Dean for '04 Presidential Nomination By ADAM NAGOURNEY  5:42 PM ET Democrats said that Al Gore's endorsement, to be announced on Tuesday, would provide a huge boost to Howard Dean's candidacy. On Eve of Chinese Premier's Visit, White House Warns Taiwan By DAVID E. SANGER  4:37 PM ET The Bush administration today dropped a longstanding policy of deliberate ambiguity about how it would respond to moves by China or Taiwan to change the status quo. On Gore, would this make him a VP candidate? On China, as noted last week here, this is chess play, but Bush as a tic tac toe player may ruin the game. ********