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Wide open.(Howard Dean's candidacy for Democratic Party presidential nomination)
THE Iowa caucuses have a bad rap, justifiably. They are dominated, as Howard Dean once said, by special interests that drag the Democratic party to the left. But this year the caucuses deserve their due. Presented a frontrunner with overwhelming financial resources and the endorsement of such important figures as Al Gore and Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrats not only looked elsewhere, but dealt him a severe blow. They apparently saw the poison in Howard Dean's political persona (he has perfected the art of demagogic insincerity), while his passionate antagonism to the Iraq war had a limited constituency even within the Democratic party.
Republican partisans will have mixed feelings about the result. Dean is the least electable of the major Democratic candidates. Hence the tongue-in-cheek recent NR cover with Dean's picture and the words, "Please Nominate This Man." But given the importance of the Democratic party to our national life, it is better that it be as responsible as possible. For Dean to win the Democratic nomination--with his total rejection of a good part of the War on Terror, from the Patriot Act to the war in Iraq, and his advocacy of a tax increase for everyone who pays income taxes in America--would in itself represent a lurch to the left for our politics. That it now seems less likely is to be celebrated.
This is not to say that Dean is necessarily finished. He has a committed national base of ...
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- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire November 9, 2004 700+ words
...the troops and their commander in chief? HOWARD DEAN (D), FMR. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE...ANNOUNCER: There he goes again. Is Howard Dean the man to lead the dispirited Democratic Party? We'll explore the possibilities. Voting...
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- Magazine article from: The Nation Farrell, Jim May 26, 2003 700+ words
Lately, presidential contender Howard Dean has been likening himself to the late Senator Paul Wellstone...need candidates who "represent the democratic wing of the Democratic Party." Before audiences of progressives and party activists...
- Howard Dean considering bid to chair Democratic Party.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire November 8, 2004 700+ words
...Former presidential candidate Howard Dean is considering a bid to become chairman of the national Democratic Party. "He told me he was thinking...bright future ahead for the Democratic Party." Dean has been outspoken...presidential bid in saying that the Democratic ...
- Howard Dean is fighting for soul of Democratic Party.
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder Washington Bureau (Washington, DC) January 31, 2003 700+ words
...Democrats one brisk Sunday morning, Howard Dean stood awkwardly for a moment, unsure...is a fight for the soul of the Democratic Party," he told Democrats in Des Moines...Photo Service, 202-383-6099): Howard Dean
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- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire February 12, 2005 700+ words
...From AP Worldstream) Byline: WILL LESTER Democrats elected Howard Dean chairman of their national party on Saturday, casting their...trying so hard to be like Republicans and we're not. I think Howard Dean says clearly that we are different," Cusack said. "We...
- Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean calls Iraqi Prime Minister an...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire July 27, 2006 700+ words
...Byline: BRIAN SKOLOFF Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean called Iraqi Prime Minister...incredibly troubling that Howard Dean would seek to score cheap...Committee, said: "I dismiss Howard Dean. Really, he's a disappointment...
- Interview with Howard Dean; Sivits Receives Maximum Penalty; Democratic Party...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire May 19, 2004 700+ words
...END VIDEOTAPE) COOPER: Well, Howard Dean has much to say about the Nader factor...legions of followers to John Kerry. Howard Dean joins us now. Thanks for being with us governor. HOWARD DEAN, FRM. DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE...
- NEWSWEEK: Governors Try Last-Ditch Plan in Search for Democratic Party...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 23, 2005 700+ words
...candidate for the new chairman of the Democratic Party, other than former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, reached new levels last week, with...governor's quest to become the new Democratic Party chairman. In Georgetown that same evening...
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- Magazine article from: The American Prospect Tomasky, Michael January 1, 2004 700+ words
...each of them, Howard Dean was prematurely...DECEMBER 1988. THE DEMOcratic Party had hit rock...rebuild the Democratic Party: from the ground...This is where Howard Dean comes in. If one thinks of the Democratic Party as rebuilding...
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