At our caucus, several people who were Republican said they switched to Democrat because they liked Dean. A few were medical doctors, one was an architect. Also we had a former state legislator who was a Republican at our caucus. He stated that Bush's Republican Party does not represent him. Pam In a message dated 1/22/2004 8:51:26 AM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: I think Republicans just wanted to cast a bad light on Howard Dean and succeeded-good luck getting them to the polls. Shelley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp