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Howard Dean 'Disappointed' White House Didn't Fight For Public Option (VIDEO)

Posted 12.20.2009 | Politics

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Former DNC Chair Howard Dean, who has been a sharp critic of the compromises made to the Senate health care bill, said on Sunday that he was "disappoi...

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A Rebuttal to Howard Dean: I Am a U.S. Senator, and I Will Vote For This Bill

Sen. Paul G. Kirk, Jr. | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics

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I hope Howard Dean is reading, because I believe with a better understanding of the real reforms this bill brings to America's health care system, he will join me as a forceful advocate for its enactment.

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John Kerry Breaks Out Oppo, Takes On Howard Dean For 'Kill The Bill' Comments

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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The pushback against Howard Dean for his call to "kill" the Senate health care bill, continued on Friday night, with a prominent Senate Democrat picki...

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Dr. Politics Answers Letters from Connecticut Joe, Mischievous Mitch, and Harried Harry

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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Dear Dr. Politics: I'm hoping you can help me with a problem. I'm a member of a small but important government organization located on Capitol Hill. (Hint: It has 100 members, two from each state.)

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Ben Nelson, Democratic Leaders Appear Near Agreement On Health Bill

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — After marathon talks, the Obama administration and Democratic leaders appeared near agreement with Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson late Fr...

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Health Care Reform: The Real Price is in "Brother can you Spare a Dime"

Chris Prevatt | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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It has become readily apparent that efforts to achieve health care reform in the Senate have become a disaster and effectively dead. This seems to be clear to everyone, with the exception of several senators.

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Fire Robert Gibbs...Or At Least Make Him Apologize to Howard Dean

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration seems to think it can throw the concerns of its base supporters overboard and rely on Rahm Emanuel's version of Karl Rove's "K Street strategy".

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Mr. President, Please: A Little Less Oprah, a Little More LBJ

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics

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Want to know how to get this president's attention? Disagree with him or oppose him, and he's putty in your hands.

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Mary Landrieu Needs To Get Her Facts Straight On The Public Option (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

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On Wednesday evening, "Hardball" audiences were treated to the spectacle of former Vermont Governor and DNC Chair Howard Dean sparring with Senator Ma...

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The Long Overdue Debate

Steve Benen | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

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We expected the fight of the generation over health care to occur between the right and left, when the more relevant dispute was between the left and left.

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Clarification: Howard Dean Will Still Support Obama 'Vigorously' (VIDEO)

Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

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Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean told the Huffington Post that he was misinterpreted and, subsequently misquoted when discuss...

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Howard Dean Op-Ed: This 'Is Not Real Health-Care Reform'

The Washington Post | Howard Dean | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

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If I were a senator, I would not vote for the current health-care bill. Any measure that expands private insurers' monopoly over health care and trans...

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Howard Dean, Movement Leader

David Sirota | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

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Dean is threatening to change the dynamic that the Beltway was always counting on -- a dynamic that relied on progressives ultimately capitulating to the Joe Liebermans, the Rahm Emanuels, the insurance industry and the drug lobbyists.

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Howard Dean Debates Health Care With Mary Landrieu, Chris Matthews (VIDEO)

Posted 12.17.2009 | Media

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Howard Dean is digging in. The former DNC Chairman appeared on MSNBC's Hardball on Wednesday, getting into a heated health care debate with both host...

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Jay Rockefeller Tears Into Howard Dean: 'Nonsense ... Irresponsible' (VIDEO)

Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

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Via Greg Sargent, Sen. Jay Rockefeller launched into Howard Dean on MSNBC Wednesday afternoon. Andrea Mitchell asked about Dean's belief that the Se...

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Gibbs Lashes Back At Dean, Suggests He's Irrational

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

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On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs strongly hit back at former DNC Chairman Howard Dean for criticizing the Senate health care bil...

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Why Progressives Might Want To Kill The Health Care Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.16.2009 | Media

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The fight for health care reform has this week been overtaken by the fight over the quality of the fighting, as the emerging point of debate becomes w...

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It's Not Lieberman, It's Obama

Taylor Marsh | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics

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President Obama doesn't care. It's a win or bust for him, with the health care train now careening towards an end of the year crash.

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It Takes Guts to Support Health Reform

Linda Bergthold | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics

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What is in the Senate bill that is worth passing? A lot. And what passes this year or early next year is only the beginning of the reform process.

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Russ Feingold, Ninja

Mike Stark | Posted 12.12.2009 | Politics

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Russ Feingold voted against the PATRIOT Act, the war in Iraq, and the rest. And two days ago, I found out he does the little things that never show up on your TV.

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Dean: Senate Bill Is 'Real Reform,' A Needed Antidote To GOP Propaganda

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

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Former DNC Chair Howard Dean strongly endorsed on Wednesday the Senate's newest incarnation of health care legislation, declaring that it met the most...

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Howard Dean Backs Senate Medicare Compromise

AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A staunch supporter of a public option to expand health care says he's encouraged by a Senate compromise on the troublesome issue. ...

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Medicare Buy-In Proposal Could Begin In 2010

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

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There is "growing enthusiasm" for a proposal that would make Medicare coverage available to more consumers as early as next year, a Democratic source ...

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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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