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Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean has a plan that will produce a nominee before his party's convention in August, avoiding what he fears could be a "really ugly and nasty" fiasco. Democratic leaders have begun complaining he has bungled the party's nominating process and alienated voters because of his failure to engineer a political compromise in the DNC's ill-advised decision to strip Florida and Michigan of all its delegates. But Mr. Dean, whose polls show the party's internecine warfare is hurting its chances in November, has been talking to party bigwigs about a deal and now says the delegations will...

Dean: Americans Trust Democrats to Restore America's Greatness Governor Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, delivered the Democratic radio address this week. Citing the fact that more than 230,000 Iowans caucused for Democrats this week, record fundraising numbers, and unprecedented enthusiasm for Democratic candidates on the campaign trail, he touted the overall strength of the party. Chairman Dean noted that, in contrast, the Republican Party is in disarray. From their support for President Bush's war in Iraq to their backing of Bush's veto of children's health care, Republicans contenders only offer a third Bush term. Dean highlighted the...

Bush Republicans Have It All Wrong October 30, 2007 Washington, DC - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement after President Bush threatened to veto funding important to the American people: "President Bush has it all wrong. Voting to end the war in Iraq is not wasted time. Voting to give low income kids health care is not wasted time. And voting to care for our brave veterans is not wasted time. The hypocrisy from this White House is almost unbelievable, even from President Bush. After signing $3 trillion in new spending, President Bush and his Republican...

Democrats smell blood -- and campaign cash -- in the uproar over the Justice Department's firing of eight federal prosecutors last year. "This could be George Bush's Watergate," Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean wrote in an e-mail soliciting campaign funds yesterday. Senate Democrats said their investigation into the firings is intended to preserve independence for federal prosecutors and keep them from being used as political foot soldiers for the executive branch. "Every single U.S. attorney has to have an objectivity and independence, and a willingness to pursue facts, wherever those facts lead them," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat....

Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean has been meeting with world leaders to repair "the extraordinary damage" that the Bush administration has done to America's image and to prepare the way for a new Democratic president. "I am trying to build relationships with other governments in preparation for a Democratic takeover," Dean told me. "I want to make clear that there is an opposition in America and that we are ready to take power and that when we do, we are going to have much better relationships with them." In an hour-long interview at Democratic National Committee headquarters Tuesday, Dean also...