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In reply to the discussion: Wish we could get Howard Dean back to run our party again [View all]keep_left
(3,082 posts)31. It sounds like there is a story there about why he doesn't want to come back...
...but nobody's talking. That's usually how these things go. What is really a shame is that the 50 State Strategy was quickly abandoned, which may be part of the reason Dean's not around. I admit that after he dropped out of the race, I stopped paying much attention. But it was really disappointing when his best idea (the 50 State Strategy) was abandoned. People forget that even some of the "chud" states once had a lot of radical politics. (There's a book about it called Hammer and Hoe).
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uponit7771
May 2022
#16
Okay, duh wracked my brains ... What is CoC? Apologizing in advance.
Laura PourMeADrink
May 2022
#28
Agree. It's like you have to think who in the world is our best hope?
Laura PourMeADrink
May 2022
#20
It sounds like there is a story there about why he doesn't want to come back...
keep_left
May 2022
#31
He's busy working for a law firm that lobbies on behalf of pharmaceutical companies.
Hassin Bin Sober
May 2022
#38