NYT: Dean Vermont Energy Group Met in Private

[MrMonk]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Dean-Energy.html

It's actually an AP story.
Apparently, written by some kind of weasel, it attempts to equate Dean's actions in Vermont with Cheney's in Washington.

"Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean has demanded release of secret deliberations of Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force. But as Vermont governor, Dean had an energy task force that met in secret and angered state lawmakers."

"The parallels between the Cheney and Dean task forces are many."

Apparently, many = three, and one of those three is dubious.

"Both declined to open their deliberations, even under pressure from legislators. Both received input from the energy industry in private meetings, and released the names of task force members publicly."

The article then goes on to contrast Dean's actions with those of Cheney for better than half of the (web) page, providing support to this statement, made early in the article:

"Dean said his group developed better policy, was bipartisan and sought advice not just from energy executives but environmentalists and low-income advocates. He said his task force was more open because it held one public hearing and divulged afterward the names of people it consulted even though the content of discussions with them was kept secret."