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fadedrose

(10,044 posts)
33. I want Howard Dean in the Cabinet
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 12:33 AM
Dec 2012

or as a Chief Advisor. I care about health care more than most other issues, and Howard started the 50 state strategy that more or less showed the Obama people how to do it.

Emailed the White House twice this week about appointing him to something, and sent DFA a small donation this week - they said they needed it right away .

There is still an influence of the DLC although we don't discuss it much anymore, but it's there in spirit.

This battering by the Reps on the President's picks for posts will not bode well for health care negotiations. All they understand is power and they know that they say "jump" and we do...

Let's hope our guy gets nominated in 2016. He's young - I love Biden but the folks here say he's too old...

Scott's not coming back to the Senate MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #1
How can you guarantee that? Answer- you can't. Brown will win the Senate. graham4anything Dec 2012 #9
Are there any Dems of a great reputation fadedrose Dec 2012 #22
This is NOT an appointment, it will be an election. One Brown would win. graham4anything Dec 2012 #24
The change was done at Kennedy's request and Kerry, as a US Senator, could not karynnj Dec 2012 #39
Do you live in Massachusetts? MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #27
Kerry has been nominated for SoS? FarCenter Dec 2012 #2
The Senate wanted to vote to confirm him today fadedrose Dec 2012 #4
Would you care to source this crap. And no, he was expressing what he has said already before Mass Dec 2012 #6
Where are you getting this - the Senate will not vote for anyone - including Kerry - karynnj Dec 2012 #20
I know fadedrose Dec 2012 #23
The committee that would have the hearing is the Senate Foreign Relations Committee karynnj Dec 2012 #38
Nope, but once again, the OP can read Obama's mind. Mass Dec 2012 #5
I wish fadedrose Dec 2012 #25
I would call an ass the person who thinks he/she knows what Obama thinks and wants Mass Dec 2012 #3
The President is getting too much help from the White House staff fadedrose Dec 2012 #10
The President NEVER said on TV that he wanted Rice for SOS karynnj Dec 2012 #14
I dont disagree that Rice was mistreated, Mass Dec 2012 #15
Nominating her was one way of solving a problem, fadedrose Dec 2012 #19
No one doubts that she was on the list - and she knew from the point that she was vetted karynnj Dec 2012 #40
John Kerry should have saved my fantasy ProSense Dec 2012 #26
Plus a million trillion!!! graham4anything Dec 2012 #7
DOES is matter that the President has not even said Rice is on "the list" let alone nominated her? patrice Dec 2012 #8
I'm sorry. fadedrose Dec 2012 #12
Hug! I'm a grey haired old lady too, who counts herself a Deanocrat (I went to Iowa for him in '04 patrice Dec 2012 #29
I want Howard Dean in the Cabinet fadedrose Dec 2012 #33
I say Dean for HEW and let our lovely extremely competent Kathleen Sebelius run for Senate!!!! patrice Dec 2012 #35
Oh yeah, here's a nice sketch of the REGIONAL intelligence issues surrounding Rice & Benghazi: patrice Dec 2012 #30
THanks for the article fadedrose Dec 2012 #34
Love Letterman! That guy would be in trouble around THIS old lady! Good night to you too! nt patrice Dec 2012 #36
Please accept my apologies. I think I'll go play Farmville for a little while & cool off. patrice Dec 2012 #32
You make the assumption that Obama preferred Rice karynnj Dec 2012 #11
Whatever happened or should have happened... fadedrose Dec 2012 #16
You don't nominate someone before the current SoS has announced their resignation frazzled Dec 2012 #37
The President did NOT say that he was looking at Kerry for Defense karynnj Dec 2012 #41
Wrong frazzled Dec 2012 #42
Wrong? WaPo: "senior administration officials familiar with the transition planning" ProSense Dec 2012 #44
Boy, you can't be serious frazzled Dec 2012 #45
Unspecified "senior administration figures" karynnj Dec 2012 #46
Why would he do that? Thrill Dec 2012 #13
i'll blame this shit on mccain and graham and collins. spanone Dec 2012 #17
Good idea fadedrose Dec 2012 #21
The media is the one that started the rumor of Rice being on the short list. Tx4obama Dec 2012 #31
. . . . . . . . . . . WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #18
Sweetie fadedrose Dec 2012 #28
People need to be realistic about this deal RomneyLies Dec 2012 #43
Highly unlikely karynnj Dec 2012 #47
I blame Wesley Clarke and Dennis Kucinch! whistler162 Dec 2012 #48
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