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Who Loves You, Howie?

By | 02.09.09 | 3:59 pm

I’m not surprised that there’s a grassroots Website urging the selection of physician and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean as the next secretary of health and human services. I’m surprised how I found out: Via a tweet by Republican Internet guru Patrick Ruffini. If Dean had won the More…

Obama Introduces Kaine as New DNC Chair

By | 01.08.09 | 4:11 pm

At a press conference moments ago, President-elect Barack Obama endorsed Virginia Governor Tim Kaine to be the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, succeeding the highly successful Howard Dean.

After praising Dean’s “outstanding work,” Obama highlighted Kaine’s “progressive philosophy” that allowed him to build “a model of good and More…

Dean to Bloggers: ‘The Next State on My List is Texas’

By | 11.18.08 | 2:14 pm

Not-for-much-longer DNC Chairman Howard Dean just held a conference call with America’s bloggers — or, as Gov. Sarah Palin would have it, “kids in pajamas sitting in the basement of their parents’ homes.” Over the rumble of the washing machine, I asked him about the successes and failures of More…