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Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean claimed Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that President Donald Trump’s “crazy” fixation on tariffs would cost Americans a lot of money. Dean said, “We have to be willing to show that we’re going to stand up for people. That’s why Trump won. Trump convinced them falsely because he lied every single day he was out there that he was going to stand up for them. And they figured, well, OK, let’s give it a shot. And, you know, we’ve got to be out there, and we’ve got to be at every door. It...

Howard Dean claims Scott Brown's victory was the result of Obama not being liberal enough to energize their base.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean yesterday admonished Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama to stop attacking one another because it's demoralizing the party's base and damaging its chances of winning back the White House in November. Lecturing the two rivals for escalating campaign attacks that he said have gotten too personal, and bluntly telling their supporters to "keep their mouths shut," Mr. Dean warned that the party's convention this summer could get "really ugly and nasty" if their bitter battle for the nomination is not settled soon. Mr. Dean called on the 350 unpledged superdelegates, who will likely...

There’s a saying that Washington is “Hollywood for ugly people.” While we won’t comment on that, we will say that this latest news out of Tinseltown makes us wish that life imitated art just a little bit more. Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney are reported to be in early talks about teaming up for a movie, which The Hollywood Reporter is calling a “political thriller,” loosely based on Howard Dean’s innovative but ultimately unsuccessful run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004. Mr. DiCaprio is expected to play the young, idealistic communications director who guides an unconventional candidate but is...

XM Radio’s Quinn & Rose made the allegation that DNC Chairman Howard Dean called Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius early Sunday morning and instructed her not to request federal assistance in recovery from the Greensburg tornado, and to lie about the federal response to date, on their show, The War Room, today. After I discussed the story via phone with both Quinn and Rose today, here’s what they sent me. PLEASE NOTE: The following is information we have received from a reliable source. We have never been misinformed by this person in the past. It seems that, on Sunday, a few...

Democrats have a tough job in protecting their recent election gains because "now it's what we do and not what we say," national chairman Howard Dean told party leaders Saturday. "It's what happens in Congress that will determine our message more than anything I say or what they say in Congress," Dean said. Democrats, who will run both the House and Senate come January, have outlined an agenda that includes overhauling ethics, raising the minimum wage and making college more affordable. Dean said Democrats must prove to people in conservative and swing districts that they can earn the voters' trust....

Howard Dean talked up Democrats, talked down Republicans and went door-to-door in a Portland neighborhood on Monday to rally Democrats for the upcoming election. Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a former Vermont governor, and Maine Gov. John Baldacci spoke to about 150 people at a breakfast fundraiser at the Italian Heritage Center before knocking on doors in a heavily Democratic Munjoy Hill neighborhood. Accompanied by a gaggle of reporters and cameras, Dean and Baldacci stopped at four houses to tout the Democratic message. One of them was owned by Jon Radtke, a high school teacher who said...

That's right. The invasion is still underway. Even while the world was pressuring Israel to cave in to Hezbollah. Even while were watching this strange little man confess to a murder he probably did not commit .. the invasion continues. Here's an interesting website for you. It's called immigrationCounters.com The #1 Site for Real-Time Immigration Statistics. I can't vouch for the accuracy of the information on this site .. but it sure does get your attention. Here are the stats as of about 6:00 this morning: Illegal Immigrants in Country 20,426,887 Money wired to Mexico $23,575,296,302 Cost of Social Services...

Almost two centuries ago, a small band of national patriots joined Texans to launch a battle for freedom and sent a unifying rallying cry through out our nation "Remember The Alamo!" Our nation is being threatened by a new Alamo, and the army is between 12 million and 20 million strong. The army is one that is creeping, walking, swimming and being driven in shadowy caravans across our nation's state borders. Instead of being armed with weapons of violence, this army is simply overwhelming American health care, education, and justice systems by refusing to enter our country legally. But the...

In a seemingly welcome exercise of congressional oversight, Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., held hearings on the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He’s the chairman of the subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee. He required testimony by all three congressional research agencies (the Congressional Research Service [CRS], the Congressional Budget Office [CBO], and the Government Accountability Office [GAO]) and by the departments of State and Defense. War Cost Estimates CRS estimated the cost of the wars per the table below.

August 03, 2006, 9:03 a.m. A Compromised Plan By The Editors Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, both Republicans, are making a last-ditch effort to bridge their party’s divide on immigration and pass a bill this year. We agree that the country, and the Republican party, would benefit if a sensible immigration plan were passed soon. The Pence-Hutchison plan isn’t one. The pro-amnesty Republicans have responded more favorably to the plan than the enforcement-first Republicans, and both sides are reading the plan correctly. Its central component is to allow illegal immigrants to continue...

Pence-Hutchison “Compromise” Induces Illegal Aliens to Leave By Letting Them All Stay Plan Compromises the Security of the Middle Class by Putting Business in Charge of Immigration Policy Washington, DC—In a desperate effort to “get something done” on immigration before the end of the congressional session, two normally sober members of Congress have hatched a plan that is vague on details when it comes to securing America’s borders and protecting American workers, while containing specific promises to millions of illegal aliens. The plan offered by Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) would require that the...

Many Police Officers Disenchanted with President Bush on Immigration By Jim Kouri (AXcess News) New York - During the last presidential campaign cycle, many national and local police organizations, as well as individual officers and commanders, supported the reelection of George W. Bush. Commanders and rank-and-file officers understood the fact that compared to the alternatives, Bush was the right man to serve as Commander-in-Chief in wartime. For instance, the nation's largest organization, National Fraternal Order of Police -- representing over 350,000 officers -- endorsed Bush, as did many local organizations such as the New York Police Department's Police Benevolent Association,...

In a July 3 article on Townhall, columnist Michael Barone laments the possibility that Congress may not pass any immigration “reform” legislation this year. However, he pins some hope on a proposal being advocated by Representative Mike Pence (R.-IN). Ostensibly, the Pence proposal would incorporate the “best” of both worlds, including provisions from both the Senate’s recently passed guest worker/amnesty bill, along with the House version that focuses on immigration enforcement and border security. Unfortunately, the Pence bill would ultimately constitute no less a “sellout” on immigration than that attempted by the Senate, albeit this effort would be spaced out...

It can be hard to measure progress in the war on terror. How much progress has been made in Afghanistan when the Taliban no longer controls the government but has regrouped sufficiently to force a notable increase in fighting and casualties? Are we safer when Saddam Hussein is no longer paying suicide bombers but terrorists are materializing from across the Middle East to fight the American forces? Is America more secure or merely lucky when it has not been attacked but its strongest allies have? Many, if not most, of the accomplishments in fighting terrorism and Islamist extremism are either...

AZTLAN ACADEMY: COMING TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? By Michelle Malkin   ·   July 12, 2006 11:40 AM So, Karl Rove gave his "We are all Americans" speech to the National Council of La Raza--The Race--yesterday. Today, my syndicated column digs into the millions of dollars in Bush administration federal education grants The Race has received for its nationwide charter school initiative. It’s bad enough the White House lent its prestige to The Race’s annual conference. But did you know the Bush administration has forked over millions of federal tax dollars directly to The Race? According to GOP Rep. Charlie Norwood of Georgia,...

Publishers of "the world's first conservative comic book" have created a hilarious political satire called "Libarro World," in which a Berkeley professor's flawed duplication ray created imperfect pro-President Bush copies of Sen. John Kerry (a pro-military warrior), Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (a sultry anti-feminist), Howard Dean (an unexcitable ultragenius) and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (a distinguished teetotaler). In the series, the real four Democratic leaders set out to destroy each of their conservative clones.

America is about to revisit one of the most turbulent decades in its history, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean told a religious conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. "We're about to enter the '60s again," Dean said, but he was not referring to the Vietnam War or racial tensions. Dean said he is looking for "the age of enlightenment led by religious figures who want to greet Americans with a moral, uplifting vision." "The problem is when we hit that '60s spot again, which I am optimistic we're about to hit, we have to make sure that we don't...

I sent this letter to him via his website. I suggest others do the same. Dear Senator Reid: I am writing today to request your resignation as Senate Minority Leader. I can no longer sit back and allow you continually bow to the will of the opposing party. I am not from your state, but I am a Democrat. You are the leader of all Democrats in the Senate, therefore you are my representation in the Senate as much as you represent Democrats in your own state. You are supposed to be our leader, and as leader, you should know...

You better be good, You better behave! Or you're gonna end up In Abu Ghraib! Republicans are coming the town! We're making up lists - Our clans and our tribes! We help you with laws If you pay us with bribes! Republicans are coming the town! We know if you support us! We know if you protest! We know if you watch news on FOX Or Moyers on PBS! So you better be good! And don't you be gay! Or we'll lock you away At Guantanamo Bay! Republicans are coming the town!