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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 02:58 AM
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I didn't know that Barack Obama was one of Howard Dean's first Dean Dozen?
Did you?

http://www.indopedia.org/Dean_Dozen.html
List of Dean Dozens
First
Mary Ann Andreas: 80th State Assembly District, California
Ken Campbell: Oconee County representative, South Carolina State House
Maria Chappelle-Nadal: 72nd State House District, Missouri State House
Scott Clark, Mark Manoil and Nina Trasoff: Arizona Corporation Commission
Kim Hynes: Connecticut State Representative
Richard Morrison: U.S. Representative from Texas
Barack Obama: U.S. State Senator and U.S. Senate Candidate from Illinois
Rob MacKenna: Supervisor of Elections in Hillsborough County, Florida
Monica Palacios-Boyce: Massachusetts State Representative
Lori Salda�a: California State Assembly
Jeff Smith: U.S. Representative from Missouri
Donna Red Wing: District 25, Colorado State House
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Barack Interviewing Dean in 2003 - Video
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x89185
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:09 AM
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1. I remember!
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DURHAM D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:13 AM
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2. Shhhh... Don't tell John Kerry. n/t
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:24 AM
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4. Why not?
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Egnever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:14 AM
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3. Cool video
Also was not aware he was one of the Dean dozen. I like his analysis of Deans answer too.
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jaysunb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:45 AM
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5. Yup
we're very proud of that fact. And while you're checking, notice who embraced and participated in the 50 State strategy in 06.....Yup Obama
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 04:08 AM
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6. Yes, that's true.......
Maybe Dean will be in the administration......
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ellisonz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 05:55 AM
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9. Secretary of Health and Human Services if he wants it IMHO.
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 04:14 AM
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7. interesting
I did not know that.
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Unbowed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 05:01 AM
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8. Interesting.
I hadn't heard of that before. Thanks for posting.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 06:03 AM
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10. and now he has strayed so far.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 06:06 AM
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11. Maybe it's just you....
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 06:07 AM
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12. Only for those who forget that Gov. Dean governed as a centrist in Vermont
He's a populist.
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saracat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 06:14 AM
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13. Creepy.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 06:17 AM
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15. How's that?
Thought you were going away or something. Moving to another country? Is that right?
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More Than A Feeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 06:17 AM
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14. This list reminds me of a first round baseball draft.
One superstar (Obama), one quite adequate regular (Jeff Smith), one guy who seemed to have potential but eventually got passed by (Richard Morrison), and a bunch of people who just never got there.
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debatepro Donating Member (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 07:04 AM
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16. K&R
Very Nice!!!
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Ravy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 07:06 AM
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17. That is the first plus I have been able to put in his column in quite
a while. Makes me feel a bit better about him.
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RogueTrooper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 07:15 AM
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18. Wonder what happened to the other 11?
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