Rebel firebrand Howard Dean voted in as Democratic Party chief
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Former Vermont governor and onetime presidential hopeful Howard Dean was voted in as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, vowing to lead his party back to victory with traditional Democratic ideals.
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Democrats have a tough job in protecting their recent election gains because "now it's what we do and not what we say," national chairman Howard Dean told party leaders Saturday.
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Maryland Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin became the consensus front-runner for the Sept.
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Rep. Mel Watt, a North Carolina Democrat whose document condemning the war with Iraq became policy for the Congressional Black Caucus, was elected the group's leader Monday. He pledged to pursue more frequent meetings with the White House.
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Tim Roemer, the only remaining opponent of Howard Dean in the race to be chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said Monday he's bowing out of the race &#151; but he offered a warning to Democrats.
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Activist Simon Rosenberg abandoned his bid for Democratic National Committee chairman on Friday and backed front-runner Howard Dean, moving the former presidential candidate closer to capturing the party title.
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Winning votes in the Midwest will be crucial to Democratic hopes to regain power in Washington in November, party Chairman Howard Dean told about 400 young people at the College Democrats National Convention on Thursday.
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Former Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean, whose high-flying White House bid crashed a year ago, is poised to win the post of party chairman and tackle the job of leading Democrats back from November's election losses.
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NEW LEADER: Democrats will vote on a new chairman for the Democratic National Committee in February.
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Race and immigration could determine the 2008 presidential race, Democratic Party chief Howard Dean told a group of Hispanic leaders Saturday.
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Democrat Chris Dodd has earned the backing of the International Association of Fire Fighters, a major coup for the presidential hopeful, while leading contender Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton secured the endorsement Tuesday of the United Transportation Union.
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President Bush&#39;s approval rating stands at 56 percent. Job losses since he took office reach 2.2 million. Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean is the front-runner for the Democratic nomination.
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The US Democratic Party is expected to elect former presidential contender Howard Dean as its new chairman.
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Nevada moderate Harry Reid was elected by Senate Democrats on Tuesday to lead their battered party and immediately warned Republicans he could either dance with them or fight them.
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Harold Ickes, a leading Democratic activist and former aide to President Clinton, said Friday he is backing Howard Dean to be chairman of the Democratic National Committee &#151; giving a powerful boost to the front-runner.
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Former presidential candidate Howard Dean, once the early front-runner for the Democratic nomination whose candidacy stumbled, has decided to seek the party's chairmanship.
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Incoming Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack would be a strong choice to head the Democratic Party.