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Howard Dean

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Howard Dean is a prominent figure in the Democratic Party, best known for his tenure as the Governor of Vermont from 1991 to 2003. During his time in office, he focused on healthcare reform, environmental issues, and fiscal responsibility, earning a reputation for his progressive policies. Dean played a significant role in the national political landscape as the chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2005 to 2009, where he was instrumental in the party's grassroots organizing efforts and the development of the '50-state strategy' aimed at increasing Democratic presence across the country.

Quotes by year · 2003–2026422 total · peak 2004 (109)
2003: 20 quotes2004: 109 quotes2005: 14 quotes2006: 20 quotes2007: 3 quotes2008: 9 quotes2009: 4 quotes2010: 2 quotes2013: 4 quotes2017: 2 quotes2019: 28 quotes2020: 20 quotes2021: 86 quotes2022: 71 quotes2023: 7 quotes2024: 22 quotes2026: 1 quote
Jan 26, 2004

You can't nominate this guy because he's a play-along, go-along guy?

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Jan 25, 2004

Where was John Kerry when George Bush was giving out all this misinformation about Saddam having something to do with al Qaeda? He was voting in favor of the war, and it turned out all the reasons the president gave us were not true…

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Jan 21, 2004

I'm a little hoarse. It's not because of the Iowa screech. I actually have a cold.

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Jan 21, 2004

He has to win here in New Hampshire to win the presidential nomination.

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Jan 21, 2004

He has to win here in New Hampshire to win the presidential nomination.

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Jan 14, 2004

This is going to be close, it's going to be a really tough race.

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Jan 14, 2004

On Monday night, you have a chance to choose the next commander-in-chief of the United States military.

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Jan 14, 2004

First of all, not much is happening in the polls. And second of all, the polls really don't matter in the last few days. It is all organization.

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Jan 14, 2004

I believe I can bring in the people who have been inside the beltway. They just simply -- they're all good Democrats, they're going to want to win. They just need to be retrained.

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Jan 13, 2004

I'm going after everybody, because I'm tired of being the pin cushion.

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Jan 13, 2004

That's consistent with what I've been saying for a year. I've gone through all the circumstances in which I would use force. One of them is to stop genocide if other world bodies refuse to abide what their obligation is.

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Jan 13, 2004

I think General Clark is a good guy. But I truly believe he's a Republican.

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Jan 12, 2004

With Iowa caucuses just six days away, the races are getting close.

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Jan 11, 2004

They want to say that they're all against the establishment. They are the establishment.

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Jan 11, 2004

Remember who stood up to George Bush first. And it wasn't anybody from the state, from the city of Washington, D.C.

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Jan 11, 2004

The reason Democrats don't win elections in Washington is because they would almost rather lose than be cozy than they would to have somebody stand up against the interests in Washington.

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Jan 11, 2004

Well, when you see again and again all these attacks by all these frontrunners against our campaign, it's not me they're trying to stop. It's us.

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Jan 8, 2004

If you look at the caucuses systems, they are dominate by the special interests on both sides and both parties.

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