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Howard Dean

Joe Trippi, 3 Other Consultants Sign On With Romanoff

Posted 01.29.2010 | Denver


If Andrew Romanoff's Senate Campaign is dead, somebody forgot to tell the candidate. Romanoff, the former Democratic Speaker of the Colorado State Ho...

Progressives vs. the President

Bob Cesca | Posted 01.27.2010 | Politics


Bob Cesca

As a movement, we'll never succeed in moving the nation leftward by engaging in dumb, kneejerk politics and by demonizing a president who is arguably the most sympathetic to progressivism in generations.

Paging Dr. Dean: Please Save the Democrats from Themselves

Paul Hogarth | Posted 01.22.2010 | Home


Paul Hogarth

There's been a lot of analysis about why Democrats lost the Massachusetts Senate race, because it was so obvious. Failing to accomplish what you camp...

Health Care Reform: A Postmortem Requiem

Philip Lee Miller | Posted 01.21.2010 | Politics


Philip Lee Miller

What went wrong with health care reform? Everything. Almost immediately, this debate was a diversion from the most pressing issue facing Americans -- an anemic economy with unemployment numbers never seen in our lifetime.

Arianna Debates Future Of Capitalism At "Clash Of The Titans" (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 01.20.2010 | World


Huff TV

On October 30th, 2009 Arianna participated in a debate about the future of capitalism at Regent University. The debate was the University's seventh f...

Howard Dean: The Message of Massachusetts Election Results Is 'We Gotta Be Tougher' (VIDEO)

Posted 01.20.2010 | Politics


Last night on The Rachel Maddow Show Howard Dean warned his fellow Democrats not to engage in a circular firing squad over Republican Scott Brown winn...

Bad News, Good News: Coakley Loses

Shannyn Moore | Posted 01.20.2010 | Politics


Shannyn Moore

Pass health care reform via reconciliation the way George W. Bush rammed through his tax cuts. By November 2012, even the Tea Baggers will appreciate and defend their new-found health coverage.

Eyes off the Prize: Liberals Who Want to Kill the Health Care Bill Should Remember History

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 01.03.2010 | Politics


Ariel Gonzalez

Progressives can be as bad as teabaggers, with their chronic dissatisfaction, ideological disdain for compromise, and limited understanding of historical precedent.

Why Jane Hamsher and Howard Dean Can't Be Wrong

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.30.2009 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

If you think Howard Dean has gone too far left on health care reform or Jane Hamsher has attacked Obama too hard from the left -- then, fantastic, you are now officially a moderate! And more importantly, so is Obama.

Calling All "Fake" Catholics

Bryan Cones | Posted 12.29.2009 | Politics


Bryan Cones

Deal Hudson appoints himself the arbiter of what is Catholic, and if you support health care reform that in any way might lead to an abortion paid for with public funds, you are not one.

Top Moments in Tech/Politics of the Decade (PHOTOS)

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 12.29.2009 | Technology


Jose Antonio Vargas

Irrevocably, politics changed in the past 10 years because of technology in general and the Internet in particular. So here, in no particular order, are the decade's top moments in tech and politics.

Newsmakers Roasting on an Open Fire: Your Gift Ideas for 2009's Naughty and Nice

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.25.2009 | Comedy


Arianna Huffington

Earlier this week, I asked for your ideas on what gifts we should give to some of our favorite -- and not so favorite -- public figures. You dusted of...

How Progressives Can Move Obama to the Left

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.24.2009 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

I'm positive that Obama thinks that he's doing his best to bring about as much change as he can within the limits of this system. But is he a true progressive or a corporatist sell out?

The Killers Among Us (And Other Weak Arguments for the Senate Health Bill)

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics


Richard (RJ) Eskow

Have you heard? Progressives who oppose the Senate health bill are the moral equivalent of mass murderers. That argument is actually being made - along with the charge, ironically enough, that they're being too emotional.

Jason Linkins

The Rational Case For 'Kill The Bill'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.23.2009 | Media


Over the past week, the media has trained its myopic eye on those in the progressive community who, having seen that the health care reform plan emerg...

Demonizing Dean Won't Absolve This Health Care Sham

Robert Scheer | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics


Robert Scheer

Dean deserves much better from the left than what he got after calling for the health reform bill to be killed. His concerns as a physician and a progressive politician are worthy of serious attention.

Why I Don't Agree with Howard Dean

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics


Madeleine M. Kunin

Dean's assumption in asking Democrats to kill the Senate bill is that next time around, we'll get something better. I think we'll get nothing at all.

Healthcare: A Christmas Present of Epic Proportions

Philip Lee Miller | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics


Philip Lee Miller

Here is your Christmas present -- a big lump of coal. You are ill and need help. You want the best. Whose wise counsel and help do you seek? You want someone who is sympathetic, skilled and competent.

Some Unsolicited Advice for Howard Dean, and for President Obama, Too

Harold Pollack | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics


Harold Pollack

Without dissing moderates whose votes he still needs, Obama could address progressive concerns by laying out his own disappointment about provisions that have been lost in the health bill.

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

Posted 12.20.2009 | Politics


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...

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


Sen. Paul G. Kirk, Jr.

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.

Sam Stein

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

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...

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

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

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.)

Ben Nelson, Democratic Leaders Appear Near Agreement On Health Bill

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...

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

Chris Prevatt | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics


Chris Prevatt

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.