Video of Howard Dean's last interview with Russert.....he stuck with the rules.

One of the most important statements Dean made after being grilled over and over about the delegates...he said to Russert that they were spending a lot of time on process while most Americans had other concerns like Iraq.

Here is the video. It was one of Dean's best under serious pressure from Russert. He simply stated the rules...said it was like he was the referee.

Dean on MTP April 27


April 27: Exclusive! Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean joins us this Sunday to talk about the Clinton-Obama race and the effect the extended primary season is having on his Party.

Here is part of the transcript.

MTP transcript



More from the interview:



It doesn't take a genius to see what is still going on. A blog search reveals hate and lies and innuendo and propaganda about him. It continues.

So I thank him for sticking to the rules and not wavering. He took a lot of hits for doing that. So thanks, Howard Dean for abiding by rules that were already in place.

Howard did the right thing and history will prove him right.

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Dean handled it well.

"MR. RUSSERT: Without Michigan and Florida counting, as of now, people are saying, "Howard Dean should have handled this differently. He should have interceded and fixed this problem and not allowed us to come to a point where these two states feel dissed and it could hurt us in November."

DR. DEAN: Well, I mean, that--it wasn't my decision to make these changes. Florida and Michigan both voted for a set of rules, then they tried to push ahead of everybody else, and that makes it more difficult for everybody. We want to resolve this. This is not the voters' fault in Florida and Michigan. But the fact of the matter is that you have to--you cannot change the rules towards the end of the game just to advantage or disadvantage of a particular candidate. You can't do that.

MR. RUSSERT: But you decided not to seat the delegations, not count the primaries.

DR. DEAN: That's correct. Because they stepped on the minority groups and the small states in the South and the West that needed that time to have their primaries and have their early input.

Look, it's, it's--this is like having a, a line full of people waiting for something. If two of them jump the line and go to the front, it's not going to be long before you're going to have a riot. Don't forget, at the time these sanctions were passed by the Rules Committee, New Hampshire and Iowa were threatening to move into 2007. You've got to keep order, and that's part of my job is to keep order. It's understandable that the folks you call out because they think they're more important than everybody else are going to be upset about that. We did keep order, we do have an orderly process. I'll defend the process.

MR. RUSSERT: Will Michigan and Florida be seated?

DR. DEAN: Yes.

MR. RUSSERT: In some way, shape or form.

DR. DEAN: In some way. I'm determined to make that happen. I can't--again, I can't, I can't speak for what the rules committee will do. They're 30 very independent-minded people. I can't speak for what the credentials committee at the convention will do. I believe Michigan and Florida should be seated in some way because it was their--their voters did not cause this problem. This was caused by a political problem, not the voters' problem."

Yes, it was an orderly process in the end.

Russert was such a Great and Objective Journalist. How can you speak ill of the dead?





But seriously...
Another fine post, and a fine performance by Dean, as always.

Dean was impressive; the interview was enlightening as well.

Dean should have had the nomination in 2004 and should have then become President.

.... swapped Kerry's total for Dean's.

Dean had a massive lead over John Kerry on the morning of the vote, but Kerry was declared the winner.

Dean was robbed. And so were we.

Tweety and the entire corporate media bloc did their job by pretending not to notice.

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Too late to Rec. Sorry. :)

He has guts (not that it isn't obvious anyhow) to go back on Russert's show after the malicious and hypocritical grilling he got from Russert when he ran for President.

in 2004. He would have made a great president. I love his 50 state formula. His bringing everyone under the tent. I hope that Obama keeps him ss DNC chairman. Get Emanuel out of the friggin way and concentrate on all the states. We should raise the money,. That way they cannot steal the election.