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Democrats To Revise Presidential Primary Rules

Posted 12.06.2009 | Politics

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The presidential primary process is flawed and needs to be fixed, the Democratic National Committee says. A committee has issued recommendations that ...

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Yes We Can: Perez In California = Progress for the Nation

Rick Jacobs | Posted 12.03.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Gay, Howard Dean, Lgbt, John Perez, Karen Bass, Budget Deficit, California, Los Angeles News
Rick Jacobs

In the coming days, Perez may well make history, becoming the first openly gay speaker of any state legislature in the United States.

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Sam Stein

Dean: Obama Will Win In 2012, 'Going To Do Fine'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

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Former DNC Chair Howard Dean urged progressives on Sunday to have patience with President Barack Obama, predicting that the White House would pass com...

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Sam Stein

Dean: Lieberman Should Give Up Chairmanship If He Backs GOP Health Care Filibuster

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

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With Additional Reporting By Julian Hattem Former DNC Chair Howard Dean called on Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn) to resign as chair of Senate Homela...

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Spitzer Tells Howard Dean: Time To Call Wall St.'s Bluff On Executive Compensation (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Aig, Video, Bailout Bandits, Howard Dean and Eliot Spitzer, Eliot Spitzer, Howard Dean, Financial Crisis, Rachel Maddow Show, Bank Bonuses, Wall Street, Business News

With public outrage over extravagant Wall Street pay packages still simmering, Eliot Spitzer, who pursued overpaid financiers as a prosecutor, went on...

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Arianna Discusses Senate Health Care Reform On Countdown With Keith Olbermann

Huff TV | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

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Huff TV

Arianna stopped by Countdown with Keith Olbermann Monday night to talk about the politics behind the Senate's approach to health care reform, includin...

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Democrats Now "All In" On Healthcare Reform

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Let's look at the poker hand we've been dealt on health care reform. Democrats have now officially gone from "pot committed" to "all in." The stakes, to be blunt, have been raised until they are as high as they can go.

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Sam Stein

Dean: Dems 'In Deep Trouble' On Health Care, The Only Options Are A Bad Bill Or 2010 Losses

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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One of the leading progressive champions of health care reform is pessimistic about the state of the debate in the Senate, saying he sees virtually no...

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Howard Dean Stresses Importance of Grassroots Pressure on Public Option

Ellen Gill | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Illinois Tenth Congressional District Democrats, Howard Dean, Illinois, Chicago, Fifty State Strategy, Public Option, Politics News
Ellen Gill

Dean said that he thinks the public option should be Medicare, administered by the same agencies and under the same rules as Medicare.

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Health Care Reform: Trying to Please Everyone and No One

Philip Lee Miller | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Financial Crisis, Harry Reid, Medicare, Public Option, Barack Obama, Howard Dean, Universal Health Care, Politics News
Philip Lee Miller

You deserve a more articulate answer to the question: just what is the problem?

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The Win That Should Have Been: Holding the DNC Responsible for Tuesday's Loss

Will Schwartz | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Dnc, Voter Turnout, Mike Bloomberg, Howard Dean, Democrats, Bill Thompson, Barack Obama, Mayor Bloomberg, New York News
Will Schwartz

What could have swung this mayoral election into a Thompson win?

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Suggestions Wanted for "Can Capitalism Survive?" Debate

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business

Read More: John Kasich, America's Future Debate, Howard Dean, Joe Scarborough, Dick Armey, Can Capitalism Survive Debate, Capitalism Debate, Business News
Arianna Huffington

On Friday, I'm taking part in a debate on the question "America's Future: Can Capitalism Survive?" and I'd love to hear what points you think I should make.

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John Salazar Distances Himself From Public Option After Appearing On Howard Dean's Website

gjsentinel.com | GARY HARMON/the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Posted 10.24.2009 | Denver

Read More: Public Option, Howard Dean, Health Care Reform, John Salazar, Obamacare, Denver News

A Web site operated by former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean claims U.S. Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo., as a supporter of the public ...

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Friday Talking Points: Is Opt-Out The Answer?

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The plan isn't going into effect until 2013. Think you're tired of TV ads and screaming folks at town hall meetings now? Picture a more local version of that for the next four years -- not a pretty sight.

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Sam Stein

Dean: If I Were A Senator I'd Vote For Opt-Out Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Howard Dean, Dean Compromise, Dean Public Option, Dean Opt Out Compromise, Public Option Compromise, Opt Out Dean, Politics News

One of the most respected progressive voices on health care reform said on Thursday that he could live with and even support a compromise to the publi...

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Howard Dean vs. Rahm Emanuel

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dnc, Trigger, Public Option Trigger, Public Option, Rahm Emanuel, Health Care Reform, Howard Dean, 2006 Elections, Barack Obama, Feud, Health Care Debate, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Once again, Howard Dean is right and Rahm Emanuel is wrong. What Emanuel doesn't seem to get is that real change is realistic.

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Dean Pans Senate Health Care Bill: "This Is A Bill That George Bush Would Love" (VIDEO)

Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Howard Dean, Health Care, Countdown, Politics News

Howard Dean panned the health care reform bill currently in the Senate Finance Committee as one that "George Bush would love" because "it's a massive ...

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Triggering a Democratic Civil War

Mike Lux | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Howard Dean, Progressive Movement, Public Option, Democratic Party, Progressive Blogopshere, Dfa, Olympia Snowe, Politics News
Mike Lux

By winning Olympia Snowe over on health care, the White House is risking something far more politically dangerous: an ugly fight within the Democratic Party and further erosion of Obama's standing with his base.

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From ACORN to Van Jones, the Online Rightroots Flexes Its Muscles

Matt Lewis | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology

Read More: Twitter, Van Jones, Acorn, Green Jobs, Ron Paul, Townhall.com, Hugh Hewitt, Howard Dean, Joe Wilson, Rush Limbaugh, Facebook, Barack Obama, Conservative Talk Radio, Netroots, South Carolina, Gop, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, John McCain, Technology News
Matt Lewis

Online success has more to do with passion and intensity than with technological sophistication. And in politics, the outsiders -- not the establishment -- own passion.

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The Law of Unintended Consequences

Philip Lee Miller | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Wendell Potter, Howard Dean, Max Baucus, Upton Sinclair, Andrew Gelman, Eleanor Clift, Law-of-Unintended-Consequences, Bob Dole, Tom Daschle, Politics News
Philip Lee Miller

The president is spending too much political capital on this one issue, health care. It forces the issue. Either a landmark generational bill is passed or failure lurks.

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Dean, Olbermann Slam Limbaugh For Exacerbating Racial Tensions: "Evil Thing To Do And Very Bad For The Country" (VIDEO)

Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Howard Dean joined Keith Olbermann on "Countdown" tonight to discuss how conservative firebrand Rush Limbaugh is exacerbating racial tensions by tryin...

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Want Real Medical Reform -- Change the Paradigm

Philip Lee Miller | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Howard Dean, Meet the Press, Depak Chopra, Health Care, Sfgate, Health Insurance, Joseph Campbell, Politics News
Philip Lee Miller

If health care is central and vital to the health and well-being of the nation, then health insurance should be regulated as a utility.

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Obama Swiftboats Van Jones

Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

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Linda Milazzo

Van Jones' resignation isn't a testament to the frenetic dry-drunk tirades of a delusional Fox employee. It is due to the Obama administration's failure to rightfully and necessarily defend a valuable member of its team.

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I Am a Former Staffer of the President's and I Want Him To Fight Like He Promised Us

Mike Elk | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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Mike Elk

I'll never forget what I learned during the campaign: that we could beat any powerful interest in this country if we were just willing to fight hard enough for it.

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Obama Organizing Advisers Rap Health Care Push

Ari Melber | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sebelius, Cesar Chavez, Moveon, Barack Obama, Peter Dreier, Public Option, Progressive Caucus, Marshall Ganz, Howard Dean, Obama, Paul Krugman, Health Care, Sebelius Public Option, Evan Bayh, Kathleen-Sebelius-Public-Option, Politics News
Ari Melber

It does seem like the August doldrums are renewing the progressive appetite for pushing Obama -- even the House Progressive Caucus is starting to channel its inner Evan Bayh and actually threaten to withhold votes.

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