He has long been supportive of primary change. The DNC tried to do that this time by adding two diverse states. His reward? Getting sued for discriminating against white people in Florida. :eyes:
He has said in the past he supports
regional rotating primaries. I doubt he will be around to see it implemented, and I would not blame him if he hightailed it out of the DNC as soon as he could.
"(Host) Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean says he'd like to see his party adopt a system of rotating regional presidential primaries beginning in 2012.
Dean says the approach would give most states an opportunity to have a greater influence on the selection of presidential nominees.
(Dean) "I think the thing to do is to move some of the other primaries back and then rotate them through so in the future every state can count on having some significant input into who the presidential nominee is."
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Today he speaks to WCAX in Vermont about his views about change.
Dean: Nomination Process Should ChangeWashington, D.C. - May 9, 2008
As the Democratic presidential fight continues, Party Chair Howard Dean says that, before the next election, the nomination process should be changed.
The race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has been going on for months. Although Obama has a lead, many Democrats are still worried there will be a nomination fight at the convention, which could divide the party.
To try and avoid that, Dean has asked superdelegates, who can vote for either candidate at the convention, to declare who they support. But overall, it's a complicated system, one that Dean says needs fixing.
"I think we could readjust the superdelegates, make them fewer, or something like that. There are changes we could make, but I don't see any major changes. I would like to move the primaries back and not have people freezing in January, and campaigning over Christmas in Iowa," Dean said.
Dean says he's already talked with the Republican National Committee about making changes together when it comes to the primary schedule.
I say thank you to him for doing the very thankless job the last four years. He has been pummeled by two states and by the Clinton campaign. He had nothing to lose, and he had the courage to stand his ground.
I felt so good about our party in 2005. We had so much hope. We have the chance to win big this time, but I fear we will not because of a sense of entitlement by a campaign.
Thanks, Howard Dean.
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