Dean fires up Connecticut Democrats

Newsday.com:

Dean identified several goals for the party that included balancing the budget, a renewable energy policy and national health insurance.

"We need jobs in this country and we can't have it without health insurance," Dean said.

Reproductive rights and separation of church and state also figure prominently on the party's platform.

"We need to speak to people on our terms. We are not a pro-abortion party. The issue is whether a woman gets to decide or whether Tom DeLay or (President) Bush decides for them," he said.

"We have great religious plurality in this country but we also ought to make sure that science is science, not religion," Dean said. He was referring to the current dispute now in federal court in Pennsylvania over whether a school district can teach evolution and intelligent design, representing them as theories.

from Janette.