Howard Dean 'Disappointed' White House Didn't Fight For Public Option (VIDEO)
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...
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...
Sen. Paul G. Kirk, Jr. | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics
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.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics
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...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics
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.)
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — After marathon talks, the Obama administration and Democratic leaders appeared near agreement with Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson late Fr...
Chris Prevatt | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics
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.
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics
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".
Joe Cutbirth | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics
Want to know how to get this president's attention? Disagree with him or oppose him, and he's putty in your hands.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics
On Wednesday evening, "Hardball" audiences were treated to the spectacle of former Vermont Governor and DNC Chair Howard Dean sparring with Senator Ma...
Steve Benen | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics
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.
Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics
Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean told the Huffington Post that he was misinterpreted and, subsequently misquoted when discuss...
The Washington Post | Howard Dean | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics
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...
David Sirota | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics
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.
Posted 12.17.2009 | Media
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...
Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics
Via Greg Sargent, Sen. Jay Rockefeller launched into Howard Dean on MSNBC Wednesday afternoon. Andrea Mitchell asked about Dean's belief that the Se...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics
On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs strongly hit back at former DNC Chairman Howard Dean for criticizing the Senate health care bil...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.16.2009 | Media
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...
Taylor Marsh | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics
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.
Linda Bergthold | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics
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.
Mike Stark | Posted 12.12.2009 | Politics
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.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics
Former DNC Chair Howard Dean strongly endorsed on Wednesday the Senate's newest incarnation of health care legislation, declaring that it met the most...
AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A staunch supporter of a public option to expand health care says he's encouraged by a Senate compromise on the troublesome issue. ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics
There is "growing enthusiasm" for a proposal that would make Medicare coverage available to more consumers as early as next year, a Democratic source ...
Posted 12.06.2009 | Politics
The presidential primary process is flawed and needs to be fixed, the Democratic National Committee says. A committee has issued recommendations that ...
Rick Jacobs | Posted 12.03.2009 | Los Angeles
In the coming days, Perez may well make history, becoming the first openly gay speaker of any state legislature in the United States.
Posted 12.20.2009 | Politics