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Dean's bid for White House alarms Blair allies Alliance could be strained by anti-war stance Patrick Wintour Tuesday January 13, 2004 The Guardian (UK) New Labour allies of Tony Blair are becoming alarmed at the prospect of a Howard Dean US presidential candidacy, fearing it will create formidable tensions in the traditional transatlantic Democrat-Labour alliance. Amid concerns that a Dean presidential campaign would be dominated by attacks on the Bush-Blair invasion of Iraq, one ally of the prime minister has suggested that he would prefer anyone but Mr Dean as president, although in public Mr Blair will be careful to...

The A list:Dean's celebrity donors. Alec Baldwin - $1,000 (no doubt the $$$ he saved by not leaving the country last time) Jim Belushi - $500 (address - Chilmark,MA?????) Ted Danson - $2,000 Larry David - $2,000 Michael Douglas - $2,000 Morgan Fairchild - $250 (maybe she's figuring to go for SecState?) Janeane Garofalo - $250 (No kneepads for you,JG) Christopher Lloyd - $2,000 (too bad the clock wasn't fast!) Leonard Nimoy - $2,000 (editor felt it necessary to describe Nimoy as "Mr. Spock of Star Trek"...bet thqat made him feel good.) Paul Newman - $1000 (another reason to skip...