Dean says Iowa win could lock nomination; encounters more C-flag wavers

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By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press Writer

November 14, 2003, 8:49 PM EST

AMES, IOWA -- Howard Dean says if he wins the Iowa Democratic presidential caucus next January, he should win the Democratic presidential nomination.

"It's going to be hard to stop us if we win Iowa. There is no question about that," Dean told reporters Friday outside his Ames headquarters.

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As he spoke on college campuses, a group followed him holding signs displaying the Confederate flag, a reminder of Dean's remark that he wanted to be the candidate for Southern men with Confederate flags on their pickup trucks. He apologized for the comment after intense criticism.

At Iowa State University, he sarcastically chided the sign-holders.

"We don't think you should use the Confederate flag," Dean said, laughing. "It's a divisive symbol."

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