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No one wins a presidential primary by running as a moderate. No one. Howard Dean is trying to win the Democratic Primary and he is running to the left. When the primaries are over, if Howard Dean wins, he will then try to run as a centrist.
Howard Dean is being presented as a leftist, at this point in time, because his campaign decided to do this. It has nothing to do with the media or the Bush administration. Considering that over 80% of reporters who cover national politics identify themselves as "liberals," I seriously doubt that they would attempt to sabotage the Dean campaign's message.
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