Howard Dean
Howard Dean
Howard Brush Dean IIIis an American politician who served as the 79th Governor of Vermont from 1991 to 2003 and Chair of the Democratic National Committeefrom 2005 to 2009. Dean was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Presidential Election, 2004. His implementation of the fifty-state strategy as head of the DNC, as well as his campaigning methods during the 2004 presidential campaign, are considered significant factors behind Democratic victories in the 2006 congressional elections and the 2008...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 November 1948
CityEast Hampton, NY
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We are going to embrace pro-life Democrats because pro-life Democrats care about kids after they're born, not just before they're born.
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Democrats have been fighting for energy independence years before President Bush 's first day in office, while this administration has offered only lip service, and only when its poll numbers resemble (president Richard) Nixon's.
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Democrats are the only party to have balanced the budget in America in the last 38 years. We will do it again.
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It shows how we ought to strategically redeploy our troops, including sending our National Guardsmen home. The Democrats now have a vision around ... which we're starting to coalesce.
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It's a sensible plan. It's a thoughtful plan. I think Democrats can coalesce around it.
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There are Democrats everywhere, ... We need a message. It has to be clear. The framing of the debate determines who wins the debate. Running away from issues is how you lose elections.
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A lot of us want to see 'Dean for America' evolve into something more, something that helps more Democrats win elections based on the message we created, ... The campaign has changed the party so much, and has really shown people what can be done if you inspire a movement of people. So a lot of us would like to see that organization continue. If it can't continue as a presidential campaign, we could still do some good for the party and for the country.
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I think the Democrats are going to have to think long and hard, as the hearings progress, about whether we should support him.
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I'll stand up for what I believe in whether it's popular or not, and I think that is lacking in this country. What you're seeing now, not only on the part of President Bush but on the part of the Democrats as well, is they'll promise you a tax cut and health insurance and lower college tuition and fully funded special education. Look, you can't do that. You couldn't do that in your house. You can't spend money on stuff you don't have.
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I don't think Democrats are ever going to be a national party unless we bring our message to every state.
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We have to come to terms with the ugly truth that skin color, age and economics played a significant role in who survived and who did not. And this question, 40 and 50 years after Dr. King and the civil rights movement, is, 'How could this still be happening in America?'
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The pundits in Washington have been talking about me as the front-runner for a long time,
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we saw people desperately trying to survive conditions that not one of us could imagine would ever happen in an American city.
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The school buses were controlled by the school board, not the mayor, ... You can't blame the mayor for that.