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Published on Thursday, August 16, 2007 by The Pioneer Press (Minnesota)
Dean Warns Democrats Against Overconfidence in 2008 by Helen Thomas
Howard Dean, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is warning Democrats not to be too overconfident about their election prospects in 2008.
Dean expresses optimism that the Democrats will keep control of Congress and also win the White House but then he injects a note of caution.
“This election is far from over,” Dean said. “Republicans are good at winning elections. They’ve got lots of money. They are very tough.”
As for the departure of White House political strategist Karl Rove, Dean opined that “it’s long overdue” but he indicated that he believes Rove will continue to play a role behind the scenes.
In a telephone interview from his home in Burlington, Vt., the DNC chairman claimed the Democrats have three things going for them: President Bush’s decision to launch the disastrous war in Iraq; a lack of leadership in the country and the incompetence of the administration as personified by the poor handling of the Katrina hurricane catastrophe.
Dean believes that Katrina was the turning point on how voters viewed the Bush administration............
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