YAY!!! My hero Howard Dean is on MSNBC

[Versailles]

I love Dean. I think he got the raw deal back in 2004, but he's a class act all the way and I was so proud to have him as my Governor for most of my life when I lived in VT.

[NightWatcher]

1. I hope they ask how that "50 state strategy" worked out

:rofl:

Obama has a dozen ways that he can win based on polls today. Thanks Howie

[Captain Hilts]

7. Thank President Bush. THE most unpopular president since Hoover.

He's making it easy for us.

[Cha]

17. Dean had a lot to do with the Democratic Infrastructure..

in the 50 state strategy..it wasn't all just stupid bush.

Props to Dean..thank you Gov for being the DNC Chairman when we Democrats really needed you. Dean was the Pioneer and Obama Perfected it.

[madmax]

dupe

[LittleApple81]

2. I love him... he is so direct and thorough in his rebuttals! Go, Howard! nt

[madmax]

3. He's great.

His answers are direct and right on point.

Dr. Dean!!!! :yourock:

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Thanks.... talking about campaign contributions and Sarah Palin clothes

The Republicans don't get it...... Love our Howard!!!

[thoughtcrime1984]

5. He's a great man, has helped lead our party to new heights.

No-nonsense Dr. Dean.

[CatWoman]

6. Dean: From ‘Scream’ to nearly realizing 50-state dream

I recall it quite vividly, the bosses all huddled around a computer screen, this being the early days of Internet video, as Howard Dean let out his now infamous scream.

I was an intern at a newspaper in Seattle in 2004, and a bunch of middle-aged white dudes were all laughing at this geeky Vermont doctor who had the temerity to think he could play in the big leagues.

What a loser.

Dean stopped by a Democratic field office in Henderson last week, and to prep myself for the visit, I watched what’s known in political circles as

“The Scream.” It’s still funny.

But here’s the thing: Dean was right.

His hypothesis was simple: To be a national political party, you have to compete everywhere. It was called the “50 state strategy,” and it was unveiled in 2005.

Remember 2005?

That’s when Karl Rove was building a permanent Republican majority, and when President George W. Bush was going to save Social Security by privatizing it.

In 2005, Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, campaigned among grass-roots activists to become chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Campaigned to be head of the DNC? That’s an establishment job, hand-picked.

Howard Dean? What a loser.

But politics is all about a little prescience and a little luck. Dean had both. He had the wisdom to know Democrats could win in a lot of places if they bothered to show up and make an argument. The lucky part: The public has turned on the Republican Party.

The irony is that Dean’s model was former Republican Majority Leader Tom Delay, the hard-core conservative Houston exterminator who ran Congress for nearly a decade.

Delay understood that his narrow majority would slip away if he didn’t support his moderates in the liberal enclaves of the country, in the Midwest, Northeast and Northwest.

Delay understood that his career was all but finished unless Republicans could compete in what Republicans now derisively call “anti-American” parts of the country.

Howard Dean’s wisdom, which seems sort of obvious now, was that Democrats had to compete in traditionally “pro-American” parts of the country, in the South and Mountain West.

Democrats have let their candidates — even encouraged them — to come out against gun control and abortion.

That means Heath Shuler in North Carolina and a bunch of other moderates in red states have become an important part of the Democratic majority.

It also means winning in places such as Southern Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District, which is now home to a 30,000-voter majority for Democrats.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/oct/26/dean-scream-nearly-realizing-50-state-dream/

[EFerrari]

12. Dean did take us to all the states he said he would, didn't he?

The scream came true!

:)

[chieftain]

8. The country owes Dean a great debt of gratitude.

His pioneering use of the internet and his inspired 50 state strategy are the foundation for Barack's brilliant campaign. Thank you Governor.

[BrklynLiberal]

11. Yes. You are right...Dean deserves credit for helping to make Obama's victory possible.

[Pryderi]

9. I joined DFA because of him.

[Versailles]

10. YEAAAAAAAAH

He was perfect. The ideal leader for the party in my opinion. He's so good. I kinda wish Obama had chosen him as a VP. Nothing against Biden, I am just such a fan of Dean's.

[WyLoochka]

13. I agree - he DID get a raw deal

but he turned right around and helped us all out - including the #%%E%^kers who pulled the raw deal on him.

Dr Gov Dean will always have my deepest gratitude and utmost admiration.

[DinahMoeHum]

14. I became a DNC "Democracy Bond" holder because of Dr. Dean. . .

and a member of the "DFA Trust" because he used to run that as well (it's now run by his brother, Jim)

:kick::kick::kick:

[asdjrocky]

15. He really took Norah to school.

When she tried to get in the crap about "not knowing" where the campaign donations are coming from. She even had to throw a quick I'm sorry out there.

[Smuckies]

16. Why did he get a raw deal?

What do you mean?

[Versailles]

18. Raw deal...

I was thinking in terms of how he was vilified by the other candidates and the candidates after his enthusiastic shout. I just felt that he never got a fair shot after that and he was absolutely taken to town by everyone and the GOP even used the footage of that scream to undermine the DNC if I remember correctly.

[Versailles]

19. SWEET!

Twice in one day! Dean is on Rachel Maddow now! I'm a happy happy camper!

[dascientist]

20. YAARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!