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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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May 18, 2004

And unfortunately, for those who don't think John Kerry is quite pure enough, and I certainly had my disagreements with him during the campaign, if you choose to vote for Ralph Nader you're essentially electing George Bush.

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May 18, 2004

John Kerry actually has participated in trying to balance the budgets, by casting a vote for Bill Clinton's balanced budget program. George Bush is running half trillion dollar deficits.

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May 18, 2004

I think they're on the way to the decision not to re-elect President Bush.

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May 18, 2004

I think what people's platforms are are going to make a huge difference. As we talked about in the top of the show: environment, job creation, balanced budgets, these are things that matter.

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May 18, 2004

Governor Howard Dean joins me live to talk Kerry, Nader and the war, all that ahead.

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May 18, 2004

If you choose to vote for Ralph Nader you're essentially electing George Bush. And we don't want to do that.

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May 17, 2004

I guess you sell Howard Dean. I'm told you also sell Anna Nicole Smith. Have you heard complaints from any of them?

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Mar 28, 2004

I don't want to listen to the fundamentalist preachers anymore.

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Mar 24, 2004

Actually, John Kerry said no such thing. That was a silly story concocted by inside the beltway folks who then continued to blow it out of proportion.

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Mar 24, 2004

I know who I trust. I trust John Kerry and that's who I'm voting for and that's who I'm working for.

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Mar 24, 2004

Now, Senator Kerry is the front-runner. I mean him no insult but in 19 years in the Senate, Senator Kerry sponsored 11 bills that had anything to do with healthcare. Not one of them passed. If you want a president that's going to get…

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Mar 24, 2004

I'm endorsing John Kerry with the full belief that health insurance will, as he said, be the first bill in Congress when he becomes president.

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Mar 24, 2004

The issue here is not the difference between John Kerry and I. We had those differences, we fought over them, John Kerry won this election fair and square. Now, the question is, who is going to be a better president, George W. Bush or John…

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Mar 24, 2004

I have no problem endorsing John Kerry for president of the United States because I think the country will be better off both in terms of safety and in terms of our economy with the President Kerry rather than a President Bush.

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Mar 24, 2004

I've been appalled this week by the testimony of Richard Clarke which indicated that the president of the United States ignored information that said that Iraq was the wrong target and went to Iraq anyway costing us 560 lives of brave…

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Feb 17, 2004

Dean dropped out of the race today after his distant third-place showing in yesterday's Wisconsin primary. He urged his followers to shun third-party candidates and support the Democratic nominee.

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Feb 16, 2004

I'm tired of being divided by religion. We want our country back, the country we had under John F. Kennedy.

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Feb 15, 2004

In the next half hour on 360, a shakeup in Howard Dean's run for the White House.

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Feb 15, 2004

I absolutely don't feel betrayed by Steve Grossman. I consider him to be a friend. I consider him to have worked very, very hard for this campaign, including at times when we were not on the map. It is easy to work for a front-runner…

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Feb 12, 2004

There's an enormous amount of people who do want to continue. Now, whether it's enough to win the nomination or not, we have to see.

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Feb 11, 2004

The media would like to end this candidacy. They claim the contest is over. They say your voice doesn't matter, they say your vote doesn't count.

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Feb 10, 2004

This is the kind of thing that's gone on in the Republican party before. I'm sorry to see Senator Kerry introduce those technics to the Democratic party.

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Feb 9, 2004

Howard Dean is not competing in Tennessee or Virginia... he has just said he's not quitting the race, regardless of what happens here in Wisconsin.

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Feb 9, 2004

This election on Tuesday is about whether we're going to have as a nominee of our party somebody who has been in the Senate forever who has taken an awful lot of insider special interest money or whether we are going to stand up and do the…

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