The Daily Show: Howard Dean - The Crowded Democratic Field and Beating Trump in 2020

[Rhiannon12866]

Former DNC Chair Howard Dean offers his impressions of the second Democratic debate and lays out where things go from here if the Democrats plan to win the presidency in 2020.

[crazytown]

1. Love me some Dr Dean

and how about that tie? Thank you as always Rhiannon.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I agree, he really is excellent and we don't hear from him often enough these days!

He did a brilliant job as DNC chair, everyone could use his advice!

p.s. And you're right about the tie, I took a much closer look - it appears to be a collection of happy faces of a cross section of American ethnicities! Very cool, I just wish the interview had been longer and they'd discussed what it meant!

[mnhtnbb]

3. Love seeing him. I was a Deaniac way back when.

The interesting thing he said about himself was that he was undisciplined. That obviously contributed to his chances when he ran, but OMG, look at how undisciplined 45 is and it has done nothing to erode his base.

It's interesting to make the comparison between discipline and the success of candidates from the two parties. Hillary was attacked for her remark about "the deplorables" (which turned out to be more true than any could anticipate), but 45 is never criticized for his name calling by his base.

[crazytown]

4. I was interested when he said he didn't realize he was an insurgent.

I thought that was obvious. One thing I've heard from some people is that TPTB were, above all, concerned with keeping Edwards out. Gore backed Dean but when JRE finished 30%+ in IA, the mainstream swung hard behind Kerry.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. During the campaign, he was incredibly popular here on DU

But, like most primaries here, things got really heated - and I remember that we were supposed to say "Dean supporters" rather than "Deaniacs!"

Back then, that was considered "name calling," little did we imagine the era of Trump.