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Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, or Gabby Giffords for V.P. Anybody with me?
JI7
(89,250 posts)RoverSuswade
(641 posts)Dean could tear him apart.
daschess1987
(192 posts)When asked to give a viable alternative to Hillary, I say Howard Dean. She does have her strong points, and I like a lot of things about her, but she's not my first choice.
madokie
(51,076 posts)Not sure he'd be interested but if he is I am too
I like this straight talk
daschess1987
(192 posts)to come out of nowhere and give our supposedly inevitable nominee a run for her money. I like her but have serious concerns.
madokie
(51,076 posts)but I'd really like to have someone else to vote for. Howard Dean would be great
If the press hadn't blown the dean scream out of proportion he'd likely have won
BuelahWitch
(9,083 posts)aquart
(69,014 posts)daschess1987
(192 posts)He would make a great president but 8 years at that job is (in some ways) a sentence.
Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)Where does Dean stand on climate change, gay rights and poverty?
daschess1987
(192 posts)but he's a decent guy, and I can't picture him letting poor people starve, denying scientific facts, or persecuting our lgbt brothers and sisters.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)i think that would be a really interesting choice.