"The president is a reformer," said Dean, "He ran as a reformer. So what's the first thing he does? He hires as his most senior people, people who have spent their entire careers in Washington. You explain to me how people who've spent their entire careers in Washington are going to change what goes on in Washington? It didn't happen."
And he says that's part of what went wrong for the Democrats in the midterm elections. Voters were disappointed with the extent of reform.
"There are a lot of people who didn't show up because they didn't get the change they wanted and they stopped believing in politics." MORE...
I started posting on HowieinSeattle in 11/04, following progressive American politics in the spirit of Howard Dean's effort to "Take Our Country Back." I decided to follow my heart and posted on seattleforbarackobama from 2/07 to 11/08.--"Howie Martin is the Abe Linkin' of progressive Seattle."--Michael Hood.
Friday, November 12, 2010
"Howard Dean weighs in on Democratic Party's future" (with video)
WCAX,with video (02:39):
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