Posted on 06/10/2005 7:59:28 PM PDT by Libloather
Senate Democrats rally around embattled Dean
Vow to remain united behind party chairman
By Rick Klein, Globe Staff
June 10, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats staged a public display of support yesterday for the Democratic National Committee chairman, Howard Dean, vowing to stay united in pushing the party's agenda in the GOP-controlled Congress.
With Dean under fire for a series of controversial characterizations of Republicans, Harry Reid, the Senate minority leader, said Dean had simply misspoken, though Dean himself brushed aside that characterization.
''As all of you know, that there isn't a single person, whether it's any of us in this room or Governor Dean or [Republican National Committee chairman Ken] Mehlman, that haven't misspoken," Reid, Democrat of Nevada, said at a news conference at the Capitol, with Dean at his side. ''We're here today to talk about the American people. We're talking about common-sense reform for issues that they care about."
When Dean was asked a few moments later whether he had indeed misspoken, he declined to answer directly.
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Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, said yesterday that she is trying to arrange a time for Dean to address Democratic House members in the near future. She said it is important for party leaders to strategize privately on how best to present their message. ''I don't associate myself with his comments," said Pelosi, Democrat of California. ''[But] if Governor Dean were not being effective, they would not be going after him so strongly. . . . Any one of us, at any given time, may say something that might not be acceptable to another part of the party."
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Yeah, I think it's my favorite of him :-)
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