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In reply to the discussion: Howard Dean returning to Iowa [View all]last1standing
(11,709 posts)50. I remember reading that here in 2004. It didn't work then, either.
Dean's a moderate; he'll tell you that, himself. Most of his supporters are progressives, like myself, and there are two reasons for that.
First, we'd like a moderate in office over a conservative Third-Wayer like Obama or Clinton.
Second, generally, we'd prefer to be told what we don't want to hear and have it be the truth then to have someone lie to our faces for votes.
It's never been about getting our pony, it's about having our voices heard and our opinions considered. Dean will do that, even if he doesn't always agree.
Dean respects the voters - all of them. He doesn't play one faction against another or call us the professional left. In return he gets our respect, even when he doesn't always lead where we'd like.
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I would love to see Dean or another progressive run. What I don't want to see is a
totodeinhere
Aug 2013
#15
age doesn't matter to me and all 3 are in better shape than Christie who is younger
JI7
Aug 2013
#27
Basically no one had heard of Clinton at this stage in the 1992 election cycle.
former9thward
Aug 2013
#32