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Howard Dean stories: 54 news summaries

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Public Option Compromise Gains Steam

Proposal creates national plan but lets states opt out

Oct 8, 09 5:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The public option lives: both conservative and liberal Democrats seem to like an idea proposed by Chuck Schumer to establish a national health plan but allow states to opt out if they so choose. Conservative Ben Nelson has backed it, and a spokesman for Max Baucus said he might join... More »

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Charles Schumer • Howard Dean • health care reform • Max Baucus • Ben Nelson

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Newt: Obama 
 School Speech 
 'Good for America' 

Dean: green jobs czar 'brought down'; CDC chief warns of swine flu challenges

Sep 6, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who says bipartisanship in Washington is dead? Today, top Republicans sided with President Obama on both his planned speech to schoolchildren and his strategy in Afghanistan, Politico reports. On Fox News Sunday, Newt Gingrich called Obama’s Tuesday speech “good for America.” On Afghanistan, Tim Pawlenty rejected calls... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • Howard Dean • US troops • Tim Pawlenty • George Will • Arne Duncan • Van Jones

 Randall Terry 
 Booted From 
 Va. Town Hall 

Crowd chants 'kick him out' at antiabortion activist

Aug 26, 09 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Theatrical antiabortion protester Randall Terry was escorted from a town hall last night as he hammered Howard Dean for "baby-killing," Salon reports. Terry has been protesting outside town halls, but last night, he came indoors as the former DNC chair and Rep. Jim Moran met with constituents in... More »

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Howard Dean • health care reform • town hall meeting • anti-abortion activists • Randall Terry • Jim Moran

On Health Care, Dean Gives Obama a Pain

Passed over for administration post, ex-doc plagues prez

Aug 24, 09 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - By now, President Obama may wish he’d brought Howard Dean into the administration, because the former doctor has become his top left-wing antagonist on health care reform, the Hill reports. Dean has spent the summer advancing his views on the topic, and though the White House is backing away... More »

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Barack Obama • Howard Dean • grassroots • health care reform • public option

Health Reform Ads Already Turn Nasty

Dems' Nelson blasts liberal TV spot, warns tone will kill legislation

Aug 1, 09 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson is firing back against two liberal groups who are accusing him of partnering with insurance companies to “lead the charge to delay health reform” in a new TV ad, the Hill reports. “If this is an indication of the politics going into August, then... More »

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Howard Dean • Nebraska • health care reform • Ben Nelson • senator

Democrats: $1 a Day Sends Norm Coleman Away

Groups pressure GOP holdout by funding other candidates

Apr 20, 09 7:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of Democratic groups think the best way to get rid of Norm Coleman is by pressuring his fellow Republicans. The newly formed Progressive Change Campaign Committee, together with Howard Dean’s Democracy for America, has sent an email to more than a million addresses asking supporters to donate... More »

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Howard Dean • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • campaign fundraising • progressive • fundraising • Republicans

Emanuel,
Dean End Hostilities

White House lunch signals détente for former party rivals

Apr 17, 09 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The feud between Howard Dean and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel seems to be at an end. The Hill reports that the two Democratic pols even had lunch recently. “I think that (tension) was always somewhat exaggerated,” says Dean, whose failure to land an administration job... More »

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Howard Dean • Rahm Emanuel • Democratic National Committee • Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee • chief of staff

 Dean Gets  
 CNBC Gig 

Plan set up before Jon Stewart attacks

Mar 23, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Democratic National Committee chief Howard Dean is set to become a regular CNBC contributor, the Huffington Post reports—but his appointment had nothing to do with current attacks on the business network, an insider said. “This was in the works long before the Jon Stewart stuff,” a... More »

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television • Howard Dean • CNBC • Jon Stewart

(Newser) - Howard Dean didn't get the health cabinet post he wanted, and doesn't want the job that's open—surgeon general—but is pushing President Obama's health-care plan just the same, the Washington Times reports. "Democrats can’t cave," says the former doc. Obama’s plan is "perfect,"... More »

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alternative energy • Rush Limbaugh • Howard Dean • literacy • Rahm Emanuel • Democratic National Committee • health care reform • Obama administration • Bill Maher Grid

 Dean: I Wanted to Be Health Sec 

But ex-DNC chair says Obama's choice will do 'fine'

Mar 2, 09 4:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Former DNC Chairman Howard Dean says he made no secret of his desire to be in Barack Obama's Cabinet. "I was pretty clear that I would have liked to have been Secretary of Health and Human Services," he tells the Huffington Post. As for the president's pick,... More »

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Howard Dean • Democrat • Democratic National Committee • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

'Would Have Been Great' to Be in Obama Cabinet: Dean

Departing DNC chair will instead head back to private life

Jan 16, 09 5:25 PM CST
(AP) - Outgoing Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said today he would have liked to work in the Obama administration, but instead is embarking on a life in the private sector after nearly 30 years in politics. Some of his supporters have been upset that after all the former Vermont governor... More »

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Howard Dean • Vermont • Democratic National Committee • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

Dean Will Step Down
as DNC Chairman 

Obama ally likely to take Democratic party leadership

Nov 10, 08 3:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Howard Dean will step down as chairman of the Democratic National Committee at the end of his term in January, the Huffington Post reports. Although the success of Dean’s “50-state strategy” fueled speculation that he would stay on, the post is likely to go to an Obama insider... More »

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Barack Obama • Howard Dean • Democratic National Committee • Claire McCaskill • DNC • Democratic Party Chairman • President Obama

Internet Army Could Power Obama Presidency

President-elect intends to use grassroots to his advantage

Nov 6, 08 11:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama hadn’t even given his victory speech when the message went out to supporters: “We have a lot to do,” the email read. “I’ll be in touch.” Obama won’t disband his digitally organized army of volunteers, McClatchy reports. Joe Trippi, who designed... More »

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Barack Obama • Howard Dean • netroots • grassroots • online activism • Joe Trippi • President Obama


 Victory Would 
 Vindicate Dean 

Win would vindicate screaming DNC chair

Nov 4, 08 7:33 AM CST
(Newser) - If Democrats clean up tonight as expected, it’ll be a vindicating victory for Howard Dean. The DNC’s infamous screamer locked horns with many in his party over his “50-state strategy,” but this election his seemingly quixotic venture has borne fruit, the Hill reports. Barack Obama is... More »

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Howard Dean • Democratic National Committee • grassroots • Election 2008 • DNC

ANALYSIS

Obama Building His Own Democratic Party

Candidate focuses on boosting top-to-bottom health through better infrastructure

Aug 19, 08 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is running as an “outsider candidate” fed up with partisan politics—yet he is, ironically, perhaps the most party-focused presidential candidate in history, Dana Goldstein and Ezra Klein write in the American Prospect. Obama has moved much of the Democratic National Committee apparatus to Chicago, rebuilt its... More »

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Barack Obama • Howard Dean • Democratic National Committee • Obama 2008 • Democratic Party • Tom Daschle

OPINION

Gimmickry Makes McCain
the Howard Dean of 2008

His Berlins ad blast calls to mind antics Dem used in '03-04—when he didn't win, either

Jul 25, 08 1:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - What’s the most apt parallel for John McCain’s underdog White House run? It’s Howard Dean’s gimmick-loving, maturity-lacking 2004 run, Ezra Klein writes in the American Prospect. McCain’s “whimsy” shone yesterday with ads in Berlin, NH; Berlin, Penn.; and Berlin, Wis. (with Barack Obama in... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Berlin • Howard Dean • Mike Huckabee • gimmicks

 Obama Machine Knows
 What You Want 

'Extraordinarily professional' data-mining operation enables focus on voters

Jul 16, 08 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Although Barack Obama's campaign might have your email, you probably don’t know how much more data it's got on you, and how effectively it's using it to try to win in November. Salon looks into Obama’s incredible effort to glean powerful demographic information from voters—address, income, grocery... More »

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Barack Obama • Internet • Howard Dean • presidential election

Dems Taking Their Platform
to the States—All 50 of 'Em

Obama campaign, DNC want more voter input on party's guiding document

Jul 8, 08 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Voters in all 50 states will get their chance to weigh in on the Democrats' official election platform, the AP reports, with Barack Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee set to hold meetings nationwide. Policy experts will sit in on the July 19-27 meetings, which members of the public... More »

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Barack Obama • Democratic National Convention • Howard Dean • Janet Napolitano • DNC • party platform

Obama Shifts DNC Power
to Chicago

Hopes to streamline party, campaign
ahead of November

Jun 13, 08 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic National Committee is moving its field operations to Chicago as part of Barack Obama's strategy to centralize the party and streamline efforts for the general election. The move has been welcomed publicly by the DNC, even though it clearly shifts power from Washington to Obama's unassuming headquarters in... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • presidential campaign • Howard Dean • Democratic campaign • DNC

analysis

The Winning Combination:
Passion Plus Efficiency

Obama's campaign uses both to perfection

Jun 6, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama triumphed because he managed to infuse his campaign with that rarest of combinations, writes Karen Tumulty in Time—"the energy of an insurgency and the efficiency of a corporation." His camp also has been remarkably free of drama and unshakable from its core message of change.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Howard Dean • Joe Trippi • Iowa caucuses

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