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I actually think this is the most interesting exchange in the whole interview:

[MR. RUSSERT: In your home state of Vermont, there's a vacancy for the United States Senate about to occur. Bernie Sanders, the congressman from Vermont, wants to run for that seat. He is a self- described avowed socialist.

DR. DEAN: Well, that's what he says. He's really a populist.

MR. RUSSERT: But is there room in the Democratic Party for a socialist?

DR. DEAN: Well, first of all, he's not a socialist, really.

MR. RUSSERT: He...

DR. DEAN: He hasn't said that for a while.

MR. RUSSERT: Oh, he has a--he wrote in his book: "Outside or in the House, I am a Democratic socialist."

DR. DEAN: Well, a Democratic socialist--all right, we're talking about words here. And Bernie can call himself anything he wants. He is basically a liberal Democrat, and he is a Democrat that--he runs as an Independent because he doesn't like the structure and the money that gets involved. And he actually has, I think, some good points about campaign finance reform. The bottom line is that Bernie Sanders votes with the Democrats 98 percent of the time. And that is a candidate that we think...

MR. RUSSERT: So you'd support him?

DR. DEAN: We may very well end up supporting him.]

It's fun watching a Democrat squirm when they're forced to either defend or denounce their socialist views.

Well, a Democratic socialist--all right, we're talking about words here. And Bernie can call himself anything he wants. He is basically a liberal Democrat,

At least Howie's honest enough to say that liberal democrats are socialists!

Everyone knows Bernie Sanders is a Socialist. Sanders himself says it, it's in his book and he has never renounced it.
for Dean to try and convince people that Sanders isn't a Socialist is a LIE, and its crazy. Next he will be saying that OBL isn't a terrorist.

DR. DEAN: Well, a Democratic socialist--all right, we're talking about words here.

That was the best part of the whole interview. The look on his face when he paused after "Democratic socialist" was priceless. He knew he was about to step deeper into the mess he was already in by defending Bernie Sanders as being something other than a Socialist.