Howard Dean

April 29, 2008 -- In a new ad and a speech at the University of South Florida today, John McCain showed once again why his approach to health care is the wrong choice for America's future. McCain's speech was short on details, but where he did outline a plan for the future he primarily relied on recycled Bush proposals and flawed ideas that would do nothing to reduce the ranks of the uninsured or help America's working families find quality, affordable health care.

John McCain: Photo by VictoryNH: Protect Our Primary (CC)    » read more »

April 28, 2008 -- On the same day the Democratic National Committee released a new ad highlighting John McCain's commitment to continuing President Bush's failed strategy in Iraq, McCain traveled to Miami Children's Hospital to explain why he is promising four more years of the Bush health care agenda.

John McCain: Photo by Wigwam Jones (CC)    » read more »

April 22, 2008 -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement in commemoration of Equal Pay Day today:

"Democrats are committed to the fundamental idea that all people deserve equal pay for equal work, no matter their gender, skin color, background or beliefs. But for too many women, wage disparity is still a stark reality. This inequity can have a drastic effect on a woman's life as she works to support herself and her family, and it puts her at greater risk of living in poverty both while working and in retirement.    » read more »

Good morning. I'm Governor Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. I want to start by offering Pope Benedict XVI the warmest welcome as he travels here in the United States. He is in our thoughts and prayers while he visits America.

His visit reminds us of the Catholic values of social justice, working for the common good, and caring for those most in need.

These are also the values of the Democratic Party.    » read more »

April 18, 2008 -- As John McCain attends the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington today, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean called on the Republican nominee to denounce insulting comments made by one of his campaign surrogates, Rep. Tom Tancredo.

Tancredo issued a press release yesterday attacking the "Pope's comments regarding U.S. immigration policy" and accusing his position of stemming from an interest in "recruiting new members."

Tom Tancredo: Photo by VictoryNH: Protect Our Primary (CC)

Dean issued the following statement:    » read more »

April 7, 2008 -- In advance of tomorrow's Congressional testimony by General David Petraeus, John McCain chose to launch more irresponsible political attacks instead of offering a real plan for the future in Iraq. Even though a majority of Americans want our troops to begin withdrawing and 89 percent of Americans think the cost of the war has contributed to the economic problems in our country, McCain today continued to follow the Bush Administration's pattern of cherry-picking the facts to justify a flawed, stay the course strategy. [New York Times, 4/4/08]

A destroyed Humvee in Iraq: Photo by aliveinbaghdad (CC)    » read more »

March 31, 2008 -- This morning, John McCain launches his effort to reinvent himself for the general election with a week of speeches. After running as a so-called "maverick" and "outsider" in his failed 2000 campaign, John McCain cast aside his principles and morphed into a Bush Republican for this year's primaries. Now, after embracing the President's budget-busting tax cuts for the wealthy, abandoning his own immigration reform plan to cozy up to the right wing of his party, and turning his back on the campaign finance and lobbying reforms he once championed, McCain is trying to reinvent himself yet again.    » read more »

March 19, 2008 -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement on the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq:

"Over the past five years our nation has lost 4,000 brave Americans, more than 29,000 wounded, and still our troops are caught in the middle of a civil war in Iraq. As our brave men and women in uniform admirably continue to risk their lives, the Iraqis have failed to make the political progress needed to sustain peace.

"On this solemn anniversary, Americans around the country are asking themselves: how much longer will President Bush and John McCain keep our troops in Iraq? How many more brave Americans must die? And how many more trillions of dollars will we borrow and spend before our troops come home?    » read more »

March 9, 2008 -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean this morning discussed the Democratic race, his hope that Florida and Michigan delegates will be seated at the convention according to party rules, the Democratic win in this weekend's special election in Illinois, and the third Bush term promised by Senator John McCain. The following are excerpts from Dean's appearances on CBS's Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer and ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos:

ON SENATOR MCCAIN:    » read more »

March 4, 2008 -- Howard Dean issued the following statement after John McCain secured the Republican presidential nomination tonight:

"John McCain is out of touch with the issues facing Americans each day. Instead of offering solutions to the high cost of health care, help for the middle class or ideas to create jobs, McCain offers 100 years in Iraq and more of the same Bush budgets that have heaped debt onto our children and damaged our economy.

Instead of ending the influence of lobbyists in Washington, he's hired them to run his campaign.    » read more »

March 2, 2008 -- Today on CNN's Late Edition, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean highlighted John McCain's hypocrisy on the campaign trail. Citing McCain's efforts to skirt the same campaign finance laws he once championed and his failure this week to denounce John Hagee who has made discriminatory comments, Chairman Dean contended that John McCain "has not made a case for his honesty."    » read more »

February 28, 2008 -- While Senator John McCain pledged on Wednesday to treat his opponents "with respect" and said that as the nominee he would "make sure that everyone within my party knows that this has got to be a respectful debate," the Republican National Committee is testing how far it can go in attacks against a potential woman or African American opponent. [Los Angeles Times, 2/28/08; Politico, 2/24/08]    » read more »

January 22, 2008 -- Today, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement on the 35th anniversary of Roe. v. Wade:

"As we mark the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade today, Democrats stand solidly in support of women and their right to make important life decisions about their health care.    » read more »

January 9, 2008 -- Today, the Supreme Court heard arguments on Indiana's undemocratic voter identification law. While there has never been a report of voter impersonation fraud in Indiana, real voters - seniors, students, veterans, minorities and low-income families -have been disenfranchised at the polls because of this restrictive requirement.    » read more »

January 8, 2008 -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement after the New Hampshire primaries:

"Today, a record-breaking number of Granite Staters went to the polls to show their support for the Democratic presidential candidates. New Hampshire, like Iowa and the rest of America is hungry for the change all the Democratic presidential candidates offer, not the third Bush term we'd get with a Republican.    » read more »