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Democrats: $1 a Day Sends Norm Coleman Away

Apr 20, 2009 7:09 AM CDT

Democrats: $1 a Day Sends Norm Coleman Away

Groups pressure GOP holdout by funding other candidates

(Newser) - A pair of Democratic groups think the best way to get rid of Norm Coleman is by pressuring his fellow Republicans. The newly formed Progressive Change Campaign Committee, together with Howard Dean’s Democracy for America, has sent an email to more than a million addresses asking supporters to donate...

Emanuel,
Dean End Hostilities

Apr 17, 2009 8:16 AM CDT

Emanuel, Dean End Hostilities

White House lunch signals détente for former party rivals

(Newser) - The feud between Howard Dean and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel seems to be at an end. The Hill reports that the two Democratic pols even had lunch recently. “I think that (tension) was always somewhat exaggerated,” says Dean, whose failure to land an administration job...

Dean Gets
CNBC Gig

Mar 23, 2009 10:30 AM CDT

Dean Gets CNBC Gig

Plan set up before Jon Stewart attacks

(Newser) - Former Democratic National Committee chief Howard Dean is set to become a regular CNBC contributor, the Huffington Post reports—but his appointment had nothing to do with current attacks on the business network, an insider said. “This was in the works long before the Jon Stewart stuff,” a...

Howard Dean: Dems Must
Not Cave on Health Care

Mar 10, 2009 2:55 PM CDT

Howard Dean: Dems Must Not Cave on Health Care

(Newser) - Howard Dean didn't get the health cabinet post he wanted, and doesn't want the job that's open—surgeon general—but is pushing President Obama's health-care plan just the same, the Washington Times reports. "Democrats can’t cave," says the former doc. Obama’s plan is "perfect,"...

Dean: I Wanted to Be Health Sec

Mar 2, 2009 4:10 AM CST

Dean: I Wanted to Be Health Sec

But ex-DNC chair says Obama's choice will do 'fine'

(Newser) - Former DNC Chairman Howard Dean says he made no secret of his desire to be in Barack Obama's Cabinet. "I was pretty clear that I would have liked to have been Secretary of Health and Human Services," he tells the Huffington Post. As for the president's pick,...

'Would Have Been Great' to Be in Obama Cabinet: Dean

Jan 16, 2009 5:25 PM CST

'Would Have Been Great' to Be in Obama Cabinet: Dean

Departing DNC chair will instead head back to private life

(Newser) - Outgoing Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said today he would have liked to work in the Obama administration, but instead is embarking on a life in the private sector after nearly 30 years in politics. Some of his supporters have been upset that after all the former Vermont governor...

Dean Will Step Down
as DNC Chairman

Nov 10, 2008 3:23 PM CST

Dean Will Step Down as DNC Chairman

Obama ally likely to take Democratic party leadership

(Newser) - Howard Dean will step down as chairman of the Democratic National Committee at the end of his term in January, the Huffington Post reports. Although the success of Dean’s “50-state strategy” fueled speculation that he would stay on, the post is likely to go to an Obama insider...

Internet Army Could Power Obama Presidency

Nov 6, 2008 11:14 AM CST

Internet Army Could Power Obama Presidency

President-elect intends to use grassroots to his advantage

(Newser) - Barack Obama hadn’t even given his victory speech when the message went out to supporters: “We have a lot to do,” the email read. “I’ll be in touch.” Obama won’t disband his digitally organized army of volunteers, McClatchy reports. Joe Trippi, who designed...

Victory Would
Vindicate Dean

Nov 4, 2008 7:33 AM CST

Victory Would Vindicate Dean

Win would vindicate screaming DNC chair

(Newser) - If Democrats clean up tonight as expected, it’ll be a vindicating victory for Howard Dean. The DNC’s infamous screamer locked horns with many in his party over his “50-state strategy,” but this election his seemingly quixotic venture has borne fruit, the Hill reports. Barack Obama is...

Obama Building His Own Democratic Party

ANALYSIS

Aug 19, 2008 1:23 PM CDT

Obama Building His Own Democratic Party

Candidate focuses on boosting top-to-bottom health through better infrastructure

(Newser) - Barack Obama is running as an “outsider candidate” fed up with partisan politics—yet he is, ironically, perhaps the most party-focused presidential candidate in history, Dana Goldstein and Ezra Klein write in the American Prospect. Obama has moved much of the Democratic National Committee apparatus to Chicago, rebuilt its...

Gimmickry Makes McCain
the Howard Dean of 2008

OPINION

Jul 25, 2008 1:00 AM CDT

Gimmickry Makes McCain the Howard Dean of 2008

His Berlins ad blast calls to mind antics Dem used in '03-04—when he didn't win, either

(Newser) - What’s the most apt parallel for John McCain’s underdog White House run? It’s Howard Dean’s gimmick-loving, maturity-lacking 2004 run, Ezra Klein writes in the American Prospect. McCain’s “whimsy” shone yesterday with ads in Berlin, NH; Berlin, Penn.; and Berlin, Wis. (with Barack Obama in...

Obama Machine Knows
What You Want

Jul 16, 2008 10:21 AM CDT

Obama Machine Knows What You Want

'Extraordinarily professional' data-mining operation enables focus on voters

(Newser) - Although Barack Obama's campaign might have your email, you probably don’t know how much more data it's got on you, and how effectively it's using it to try to win in November. Salon looks into Obama’s incredible effort to glean powerful demographic information from voters—address, income, grocery...

Dems Taking Their Platform
to the States—All 50 of 'Em

Jul 8, 2008 5:01 PM CDT

Dems Taking Their Platform to the States—All 50 of 'Em

Obama campaign, DNC want more voter input on party's guiding document

(Newser) - Voters in all 50 states will get their chance to weigh in on the Democrats' official election platform, the AP reports, with Barack Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee set to hold meetings nationwide. Policy experts will sit in on the July 19-27 meetings, which members of the public...

Obama Shifts DNC Power
to Chicago

Jun 13, 2008 11:01 AM CDT

Obama Shifts DNC Power to Chicago

Hopes to streamline party, campaign ahead of November

(Newser) - The Democratic National Committee is moving its field operations to Chicago as part of Barack Obama's strategy to centralize the party and streamline efforts for the general election. The move has been welcomed publicly by the DNC, even though it clearly shifts power from Washington to Obama's unassuming headquarters in...

The Winning Combination:
Passion Plus Efficiency

analysis

Jun 6, 2008 9:40 AM CDT

The Winning Combination: Passion Plus Efficiency

Obama's campaign uses both to perfection

(Newser) - Barack Obama triumphed because he managed to infuse his campaign with that rarest of combinations, writes Karen Tumulty in Time—"the energy of an insurgency and the efficiency of a corporation." His camp also has been remarkably free of drama and unshakable from its core message of change....

Dems Move to
End Clinton Campaign

Jun 4, 2008 7:33 AM CDT

Dems Move to End Clinton Campaign

Pelosi, Reid, Dean give superdelegates 48 hours

(Newser) - The Democratic party's three top leaders wasted no time in calling on all outstanding superdelegates this morning to make up their minds by Friday. Only a few hours after Barack Obama laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Howard Dean issued a carefully worded statement...

Counting on Youth Could Be Rookie Mistake for Obama

Opinion

May 29, 2008 3:19 PM CDT

Counting on Youth Could Be Rookie Mistake for Obama

'04 election might have seen surge Dems are counting on; math blurs from there

(Newser) - Conventional wisdom has it that young people energized by Barack Obama will sweep him to victory in November. But not so fast, Paul Maslin writes on Salon. It’s possible the big youth surge already happened in 2004, when turnout among 18-to-24-year-olds jumped from 2000’s dismal 32.4% to...

Dems Assail McCain on War

Apr 27, 2008 4:33 PM CDT

Dems Assail McCain on War

Obama would defy Petraeus to withdraw; DNC ads knock Mac's '100 years' in Iraq

(Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain clashed over Iraq today, as the DNC readies an ad campaign criticizing McCain's now-infamous remark about keeping troops in Iraq for 100 years. In a Fox News interview, Obama pledged to withdraw troops from Iraq even if Gen. David Petraeus advised against it. But the...

Reid, Pelosi
Talk Tough to
Superdelegates

Apr 25, 2008 2:17 PM CDT

Reid, Pelosi Talk Tough to Superdelegates

Dem leaders want endorsements well before Aug. convention

(Newser) - Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and Howard Dean plan to coordinate demands that uncommitted Democratic superdelegates endorse a candidate—and well before August's convention. Senate Majority Leader Reid said yesterday that “this matter will be over no later than July 1,” Congressional Quarterly reports. House Speaker Pelosi added that...

Dean: 'Mitt Was the Candidate
I Feared Most'

Apr 11, 2008 3:21 PM CDT

Dean: 'Mitt Was the Candidate I Feared Most'

Cites Romney's money, willingness to 'say anything' to win

(Newser) - Mitt Romney would have been a better GOP candidate than John McCain, Howard Dean told the press yesterday—with unlimited cash resources and a willingness to “say anything” to win. “I know him from New England,” the top Dem said, and he “was the candidate I...