Dean on Obama: "I think he should stay the course...he’s got to stand up and lead and be strong."

DEAN: Well, I disagree with Newt. I know it’s a big surprise. I think that the polls show that the public does want an option to get into a government plan.

The insurance companies have been really terrible to the American people and to doctors, and I think the public wants some kind of a choice between the private insurance industry and what people over 65 have.

So I think he should stay the course. We already know this is going to be a big partisan fight in the Senate. The senators aren’t going to be interested in helping put something together on the Republican side. They haven’t -- they’ve indicated so over the -- over the summer recess.

So I think he’s got to stand up and lead and be strong. What people value more in a president than anything else is strength, and that’s what we’ve got to see on this week.

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