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Asked if he's satisfied with George Allen's apology: "I served with George Allen when he was governor. I don't think he belongs in public service, to be honest with you. There are Republicans who are capable and smart, thoughtful people, and he's not one of them" (MSNBC, 8/23).

Howard Dean Reflects on Presidential Bid By CHRISTOPHER GRAFF .c The Associated Press SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - In Howard Dean's assessment of his White House campaign, the beginning of the end came with the endorsement from former Vice President Al Gore. Dean believes the nod from the man who lost - some contend was robbed of - the 2000 election was so potent it galvanized his rivals. ``Everyone figured, including Bill Clinton, that we were going to win the whole thing when that happened,'' Dean recalled in an interview with The Associated Press. ``They figured that was it. The...

Whichever bright-eyed Kerry staffer decided it'd be a good thing to send former opponent Howard Dean out on the campaign trial in the week leading to the Democratic National Convention ought to be tossed into Boston Harbor, naked, with nothing but a John Kerry bobblehead doll as company. Dean is out there all right, stumping for ... himself. "The convention’s not until next week -- it’s not too late to get back in, right?" the former Vermont governor asked yesterday in Palm Springs, Calif. And this came only after Dean was greeted by raucus cheers, posed for dozens of pics...

NEW YORK Howard Dean is writing a weekly column that's being syndicated by Cagle Cartoons (CC). The first piece by the former Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont governor appeared yesterday. In it, Dean called for electronic voting to be shelved until 2006 or until it's "reliable and will allow recounts." Syndicate founder Daryl Cagle told E&P he contacted Dean through a mutual friend. One reason why Dean agreed to write the column was his interest in CC's reach -- more than 600 newspapers subscribe to the service in English. All clients get all of CC's features, and then decide which...

JOHN KERRY wanted Arizona Senator John McCain, a charismatic Republican, as his running mate. It's funny that the man who will be the Democratic presidential nominee is searching for charisma in a running mate, because his party could not stand the idea of Howard Dean, a charismatic Democrat, topping the ticket in November. [ big snip ] A June 8-9 national poll taken by Opinion Dynamcs Corp. for Fox News provides food for thought regarding a Kerry-Dean ticket. Overall, a Kerry-Dean ticket garnered support from 45 percent compared with 44 percent for Bush-Cheney. In the so-called battleground states, Kerry-Dean beat...

Ronald Reagan's Legacy By Gov. Howard Dean June 22, 2004 Tuesday Most Americans would agree that Ronald Reagan had some solid accomplishments as president, although the rush by the rightwing to put his face on the ten dollar bill or on Mt. Rushmore seems a bit hasty. Ironically, one of his greatest accomplishments may occur after his death, and that is the extraordinary effort by his wife, Nancy, to use the circumstances of his death to educate people about the benefits of stemcell research. Let me be clear about this, I am a Democrat and was not a fan of...

The Americanization of Iraq proceeds at an astonishing pace. The Iraqis are taking to freedom like fish to water, and the possibilities for this nation are endless. It's hard to say who's more upset about these developments: the last vestiges of pro-Hussein Baathist resistance in Iraq or John Kerry's campaign manager. The New York Times ran a front-page news story on Sunday about how life was better for Iraqi girls under Saddam Hussein – living under Saddam, that is, not the girls who were literally under Saddam, Odai and Qusai while they were being raped. The article was titled "For...

Howard Dean was robbed! If Howard Dean ever had any reason to scream his head off, this was it. The former Vermont governor - whose once-frontrunning presidential campaign ended with a shriek, not a whimper - was on his way last week from a Canadian vacation to a Washington, D.C., fund-raiser. But on his layover in the American Airlines terminal at JFK, he was told that bad weather would keep him from arriving on time at the Women's National Democratic Club. There, on Wednesday night, some 350 Dean fans - who gave thousands of dollars to Dean's Democracy for America...

BOSTON - Howard Dean (news - web sites) isn't running for president anymore, but you'd never know it from the reception he got Sunday night. Speaking to a crowd of young voters at a party sponsored by Rock the Vote and Democratic Gain, Dean was welcomed like a rock star. He could barely get through the crowd. Once he reached the stage, with his shirt sleeves characteristically rolled up above the elbows, he was greeted with chants of "Dean, Dean, Dean" echoing back to his rallies this past winter, when the former Vermont governor was running for the Democratic nomination....

Dean on FNC: "Anyone who predicts this race doesn't know what they are doing. It's going to be very close, it's going to come down to the very end."

“Sound Engineer Kills Presidential Hopeful” "The implosion of Howard Dean as a Presidential hopeful, the furor over John Kerry's remarks, and the many slips by President Bush are a result of poor audio management on the speaking platform." Top International Media Consultant tells Washington reporters. “The implosion of Howard Dean can be directly traced to poor audio management, as can John Kerry’s disastrous remarks over crooked Republicans” explained Alan Simpson, the International Media Consultant, to reporters and communications professionals in Washington, DC. “The use of refined audio from a noise canceling microphone, without mixing the crowd noise for atmosphere,...

Friday, Mar. 26, 2004 2:35 p.m. EST Discovery's 'Dean Scream' Documentary This weekend, the Discovery Channel will take a look at the "Dean Scream," and other un-presidential gaffes that caused America to turn away from various presidential candidates. In describing the program, the Discovery's homepage says, "Howard Dean may have wondered what all the fuss was about after his exuberant scream in Iowa. He found out in the next few days. But Dean is in good company: Some of the nation's most accomplished politicians have suffered setbacks, because of gaffes or just plain bad luck." Here are a few examples:...

Hope for great election died with Dean Email this story Printer friendly format BY KEN KURSON Ken Kurson is co-author, with Rudolph Giuliani, of "Leadership." July 27, 2004 It should have been Dean. All over New York City - and many other sure-thing Democratic locales - young volunteers are trying to register other volunteers. Their clipboards and t-shirts and classified newspaper ads do not say "Kerry '04." They say "Help Defeat Bush." That's a problem for John Kerry, and it's a problem for the electorate. I support President George W. Bush and would vote for him regardless of his Democratic...