The Contenders: Howard Dean

Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In the latest of Joe's special series - The Contenders -- he interviews author, medical doctor, and from 1991 to 2003 the 79th governor of Vermont. In 2004, Howard Dean ran for the Democratic nomination for president. While he didn’t win the nomination, he started a movement and later served as the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2005 to 2009. His implementation of the fifty-state strategy as head of the DNC is credited with the Democratic victories in the 2006 and 2008 elections -- with Democrats taking control of the House, the Senate and the White House. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Words Matter with Katie Barlow and Joe Lockhart.
0:12.0	Welcome to Words Matter, I'm Katie Barlow.
0:15.7	Our goal is to promote objective reality.
0:18.8	As a wise man once said, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, not their own facts.
0:25.1	Have power and words have consequences.
0:33.1	Welcome to a special edition of Words Matter, The Contenders.
0:39.6	Welcome to the Contenders, I'm Joe Lockhart.
0:43.0	Given the intense interest in the democratic nomination process,
0:47.5	we thought it'd be interesting to talk to those men and women who've taken the ultimate political leap of faith
0:52.7	and run for president of the United States.
0:55.3	Our guest today is an author, a medical doctor, and from 1991 to 2003, the 79th governor of Vermont.
1:03.8	In 2004, he ran for the democratic nomination for president.
1:07.8	While he didn't win the nomination, he started a movement and later served as the chairman of the Democratic National Committee
1:14.0	from 2005 to 2009.
1:16.9	His implementation of the 50 state strategy as head of the DNC
1:21.5	is credited with the Democratic victories in 2006 and 2008 elections,
1:27.6	with Democrats taking control of the House, the Senate, and the White House.
1:32.3	Howardine, welcome to the Contenders.
1:35.2	Great to be here, Joe, thanks for having me.
1:38.0	Your entry to politics is unlike a lot of people who in grade school told their teacher,
1:43.6	I'm going to be president in the United States one day.
1:45.9	Talk a little bit about how you got into politics in general.
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