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sl8

(16,245 posts)
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 08:47 AM Mar 2020

Howard Dean, on Bernie Sanders

From https://www.wcax.com/content/news/A-sit-down-with-DNC-Chair-Howard-Dean-about-Sanders-path-forward-568797561.html

(video interview at link)
(on edit: the transcript has some errors, the video is better)

A sit down with DNC Chair Howard Dean about Sanders' path forward

Posted: Sat 9:09 AM, Mar 14, 2020 | Updated: Sat 9:17 AM, Mar 14, 2020

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are set to debate health care on Sunday.


It will be a tough road for Sanders to win the nomination - he performed poorly on the last two Super Tuesdays and is now behind in the delegate count.

Roger Garrity spoke with former Vermont Governor and DNC Chair Howard Dean about Sanders' chances and why Dean doesn't think the campaign matters much anymore.

Garrity: Governor Dean, thank you for being with us today. Obviously the coronavirus has gotten most of the headlines of late, but we are in a really critical juncture of the presidential campaign and we have been closely watching Bernie Sanders. Is he at the end of the road?

Dean: I mean that's up to him. He's going to decide when he's at end of the road. I have to say that I think he's done a great job this week. Um, he doesn't want to give up. I totally get that. If I said, in an interview this week, that if I were him I'd be doing exactly the same thing, but there's a lot more positive tone in his voice. He's made it clear that he is going to support Joe Biden and what he wants. An exchange is something that I hope he gets. Cause I, I'm, you know, job wise, a little more conservative than I am and I want the, I want, if he's going to leave, which I mean, if this continues, he's obviously is, I want his platform, a lot of pieces of his platform to be adopted.

[...]

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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Howard Dean, on Bernie Sanders (Original Post) sl8 Mar 2020 OP
So many words... NurseJackie Mar 2020 #1
Except Sanders lied again. He is attacking and undermining Biden. MrsCoffee Mar 2020 #2
It is difficult to trust him or his movement dalton99a Mar 2020 #3
Are you DownriverDem Mar 2020 #6
I'm sorry, what? ChiTownDenny Mar 2020 #4
As I said, the transcription is flawed. The video is better. n/t sl8 Mar 2020 #7
+1 ChiTownDenny Mar 2020 #10
Big mistake to trust him, Howard. nt showblue22 Mar 2020 #5
How do you demand concessions when you're getting the brake beat off of you? Gothmog Mar 2020 #8
The only benefit of a more Left wing platform, is for Republicans, to create ads off it. It's what OnDoutside Mar 2020 #9
 

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
1. So many words...
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 09:05 AM
Mar 2020

... but what is he saying? Is that an actual quote?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

MrsCoffee

(5,822 posts)
2. Except Sanders lied again. He is attacking and undermining Biden.
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 09:22 AM
Mar 2020

There is not one positive note about Sanders and certainly nothing positive or supportive of Joe in his new ad.

So over Sanders and his divinity tour.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

dalton99a

(84,309 posts)
3. It is difficult to trust him or his movement
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 09:39 AM
Mar 2020

with very good reason


If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

DownriverDem

(6,648 posts)
6. Are you
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:21 AM
Mar 2020

really undecided? If so, why?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

ChiTownDenny

(747 posts)
4. I'm sorry, what?
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:16 AM
Mar 2020

"Cause I, I'm, you know, job wise, a little more conservative than I am and I want the, I want, if he's going to leave, which I mean, if this continues, he's obviously is, I want his platform, a lot of pieces of his platform to be adopted."

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

sl8

(16,245 posts)
7. As I said, the transcription is flawed. The video is better. n/t
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 12:20 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

showblue22

(1,026 posts)
5. Big mistake to trust him, Howard. nt
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:20 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Gothmog

(154,590 posts)
8. How do you demand concessions when you're getting the brake beat off of you?
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 12:38 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

OnDoutside

(20,658 posts)
9. The only benefit of a more Left wing platform, is for Republicans, to create ads off it. It's what
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 12:52 PM
Mar 2020

you are able to do, when you have the power, that counts.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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