Candidates Quote by Joe Klein

Howard Dean is no longer the brilliant mastermind of the Fifty State Strategy that enabled the Democrats to storm the White House and Congress.…

— Nell Scovell

Howard Dean is a cruel and extremist demagogue. And Howard Dean is as ignorant on John Ashcroft as he is on national security. If…

— Tom DeLay

Republicans regard Dean as one of their best secret weapons, I have yet to find a Democrat who, in private chatter, doesn't think he's…

— Rich Galen

A lot of Democrats are not that upset with Howard Dean. Howard Dean gets out here and he says these inflammatory things, and he…

— Gwen Ifill

Too great a love for the presidency has caused Democrats to neglect state and local politics and to overly prize compromise and a futile…

— Joy Reid

Folks who are getting their strokes in the South are not as unhappy with Howard Dean. You don't see anybody starting any movement to…

— Gwen Ifill

Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war. People appreciate a politician with the courage to say,…

— Bianca Jagger

Al Gore has endorsed Howard Dean for president. That's pretty fitting, the guy that didn't beat Bush endorsing the guy who won't beat Bush.

— David Letterman

A lot of people believe, including Howard Dean is looking at this, that the Democratic party demands a full-time chair.

— George Stephanopoulos

The Republican nominee-to-be, of course, is also a young man. But his approach is as old as McKinley. His party is the party of…

— John F. Kennedy

Most people don't know who Ken Mehlman is. He's the chairman of the Republican Party, obviously, but what he's doing that Howard Dean isn't…

— Susan Estrich

The trouble with Democrats is that they all want to run for President

— Will Rogers