I didn't know that Barack Obama was one of Howard Dean's first Dean Dozen?

[FrenchieCat]

Did you?

http://www.indopedia.org/Dean_Dozen.html
List of Dean Dozens
First
Mary Ann Andreas: 80th State Assembly District, California
Ken Campbell: Oconee County representative, South Carolina State House
Maria Chappelle-Nadal: 72nd State House District, Missouri State House
Scott Clark, Mark Manoil and Nina Trasoff: Arizona Corporation Commission
Kim Hynes: Connecticut State Representative
Richard Morrison: U.S. Representative from Texas
Barack Obama: U.S. State Senator and U.S. Senate Candidate from Illinois
Rob MacKenna: Supervisor of Elections in Hillsborough County, Florida
Monica Palacios-Boyce: Massachusetts State Representative
Lori Salda�a: California State Assembly
Jeff Smith: U.S. Representative from Missouri
Donna Red Wing: District 25, Colorado State House
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Barack Interviewing Dean in 2003 - Video
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x89185

[dkf]

1. I remember!

[DURHAM D]

2. Shhhh... Don't tell John Kerry. n/t

[LittleClarkie]

4. Why not?

[Egnever]

3. Cool video

Also was not aware he was one of the Dean dozen. I like his analysis of Deans answer too.

[jaysunb]

5. Yup

we're very proud of that fact. And while you're checking, notice who embraced and participated in the 50 State strategy in 06.....Yup Obama

[FrenchieCat]

6. Yes, that's true.......

Maybe Dean will be in the administration......

[ellisonz]

9. Secretary of Health and Human Services if he wants it IMHO.

[quakerboy]

7. interesting

I did not know that.

[Unbowed]

8. Interesting.

I hadn't heard of that before. Thanks for posting.

[rodeodance]

10. and now he has strayed so far.

[FrenchieCat]

11. Maybe it's just you....

[LittleClarkie]

12. Only for those who forget that Gov. Dean governed as a centrist in Vermont

He's a populist.

[saracat]

13. Creepy.

[FrenchieCat]

15. How's that?

Thought you were going away or something. Moving to another country? Is that right?

[More Than A Feeling]

14. This list reminds me of a first round baseball draft.

One superstar (Obama), one quite adequate regular (Jeff Smith), one guy who seemed to have potential but eventually got passed by (Richard Morrison), and a bunch of people who just never got there.

[debatepro]

16. K&R

Very Nice!!!

[Ravy]

17. That is the first plus I have been able to put in his column in quite

a while. Makes me feel a bit better about him.

[RogueTrooper]

18. Wonder what happened to the other 11?