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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.

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Jan 5, 2004

Dean's campaign shows no sign of slowing down. Today, in fact, he picked up another key endorsement.

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Jan 1, 2004

Howard Dean is at the head of the pack of the nine Democratic presidential candidates.

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Dec 28, 2003

Certainly Howard Dean, who went from an unknown front-runner to the unequivocal, unknown candidate -- I should say to the unequivocal front-runner in the Democratic race.

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Dec 25, 2003

Even Osama bin Laden should be convicted by a jury in a trial before being pronounced guilty.

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Dec 21, 2003

I never offered retired General Wesley Clark a spot as my VP, should I get the nomination.

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Dec 17, 2003

The war in Iraq has diverted attention from other pressing problems like North Korean nukes and al Qaeda and that American security has suffered as a result.

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Dec 17, 2003

America is no safer today after the capture of Saddam Hussein.

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Dec 16, 2003

I think the people behind it ought to be not only ashamed of themselves, I think they ought to remove themselves from the party.

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Dec 16, 2003

This is against everything the Democratic Party has ever stood for.

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Dec 13, 2003

There are a lot of unanswered questions that this White House has to answer.

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Dec 13, 2003

Not game over at all. In fact, game just beginning for this election, I would say.

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Dec 13, 2003

Dean's got to walk a bit of a high wire act right now, but we have a long way to go before this election.

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Dec 13, 2003

I think President Bush deserves a day of celebration. We have our policy differences, but we won't be discussing those today.

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Dec 8, 2003

We are the insurgent campaign. But the truth is, we're not going to win this campaign against George Bush unless we ignite the entire Democratic Party.

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Nov 17, 2003

This is not just going to be painful for us. This is painful for the families of every POW- MIA in America.

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Nov 4, 2003

I regret the pain that I may have caused to either African-American or Southern white voters in the beginning of this discussion. But we need to have this discussion in an honest, open way.

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Oct 28, 2003

A lot of my job is making people come in here and making them feel like we care about them and what they have to say. And I like being that person.

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Oct 26, 2003

So far, really only Howard Dean on the Democratic side has stood out.

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Oct 8, 2003

As commander in chief, I would not send troops into combat without telling the American people the whole truth about what's going on.

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Sep 29, 2003

Democrat Howard Dean is closing in on his goal of $15 million. Most of that raised through Internet donations.

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Sep 21, 2003

The Dean campaign, meanwhile, is waving off the Clark boom, saying what's interesting to them is that so many top-tier Democrats are within the margin of error against the president.

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