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Dean says Iowa's caucus schedule is fine

by jdeeth, Fri Jan 14, 2005 at 10:00:16 AM EST

Ready to stop the Iowa bashing yet?

Howard Dean lost the Iowa caucuses a year ago, but that doesn't mean he wants to dump them as the first presidential nominating event in 2008 if he's elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

The former Vermont governor said Thursday he sees no reason to keep Iowa from leading off the 2008 nominating season. That's a point of disagreement between Dean and another leading candidate for chairman.

"I don't believe that the system's going to be changed or that the order is going to be changed," Dean said in an interview with The Des Moines Register. "You're going to have to show me a reason to change. I'm just not going to change it for change's sake."

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Well here's one I don't agree with (none / 0)

I don't agree with Dean on everything, and this is one of them. This time I have to agree with Rosenburg:

"Rosenberg said Thursday the traditional calendar, which has put the caucuses and the New Hampshire primary at the front of the order, must be changed. He prefers a system where states with larger and more diverse populations have equal influence as the traditional lead-off states.

"Whatever they end up with, whatever the formula is, the aspiration should be to have more states and more people involved at a co-equal setting with Iowa and New Hampshire," said Rosenberg, president of the centrist New Democrat Network."

But again I think Dean's comments are probably politically motivated. Complete and utter change will probably scare off many DLC voting members, and Iowa has some members with some influence in the status quo. To me this shows just how hard Dean is trying to win this race.

I don't agree with him on this one. Simon get's this righ in my mind. But I think this is a strategic battle Dean has chosen not to fight in order to win the war for the Chair.

I'd still be happy with either he or Rosenburg as both brings different strengths.

Witty comment goes here...

by michael in chicago on Fri Jan 14, 2005 at 10:11:38 AM EST

But isn't there a committee (none / 0)

already set up to decide the primary calendar???

Besides telling us how to live, think, marry, pray, vote, invest, educate our children and, die, the GOP has done a fine job of getting gov't out of our lives.

by Parker on Fri Jan 14, 2005 at 10:17:50 AM EST

Great (none / 0)

Just what we need- let the great march backward in the primary calinder go on!

Minister Al-X: Proselytizing for Reality.

by Reverend AlX on Fri Jan 14, 2005 at 12:42:33 PM EST

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