Dean Gaining Early Momentum in DNC Race
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Howard Dean's hard-charging race to head the Democratic National Committee is gaining early momentum that recalls the streaking start of his 2004 presidential campaign.
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Florida Democrats have embraced an early primary on Jan. 29 despite the national party's threat to penalize them by taking away half their delegates to the national convention.
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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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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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In a fast-moving presidential contest with little breathing room, Democratic candidates are courting their base hard.
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Clinton win in Massachusetts slows Obama's momentum, despite his early wins
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Howard Dean is almost assured to be the new leader of the Democratic National Committee after a main rival quit the race.
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It's more than half a year &#151; and a few snowstorms &#151; until the first votes in Iowa, yet Democratic presidential hopefuls have already captured some of the delegates critical to winning the nomination.
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The Democratic presidential race has developed a different and welcome dynamic -- a sharp competition among the leading candidates to become champions of urban America.
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Howard Dean, whose high-flying  presidential bid collapsed in disarray one year ago, won the  post of Democratic chairman on Saturday and promised an  aggressive drive to mobilize voters and rebuild the party "from  the grass roots up."
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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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The candidates from both parties were trying on Friday to generate momentum for policies designed to keep the country from sinking into recession.
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After months of grand rhetoric, endless fundraising and heavy campaigning, the 2008 presidential race kicks into even higher gear this week at the start of a four-month sprint to the first votes.
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Among the earliest Democratic contenders: Wesley Clark, Joe Biden and John Kerry
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A last-minute federal court battle over caucus rules underlines the importance Saturday's vote in Nevada has assumed as a potential momentum-builder in the Democratic presidential campaign.
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Nevada enters the US presidential campaign next week, with Democratic front-runners aiming to build momentum in the first contest featuring the potentially valuable Hispanic vote.
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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.