Buzzflash also has a very strong column against him. Many others also that I have thought were pretty fair-minded.
the famously tempestuous former governorHis stance is not presented clearly.
"I would let this bill go to conference committee and see if we can fix this bill more… Let's see what they add to this bill and make it work. If they can make it work without a public option, I'm all ears."
Dean’s comments signaled a significant about-face from his call to “kill the bill” last week, which created a sizable split within the progressive movement. Liberal legislators like Senator Jay Rockefeller slammed Dean’s opposition for being “nonsense” and “irresponsible,” and labor leader Andy Stern pointedly distanced himself from Dean’s remarks. Meanwhile, some left-wing activists began to celebrate the “enormous, rising tide of populism” against the Senate bill, and Republican like John McCain began seizing on Dean’s remarks as evidence that their opposition to the legislation was justified.
So what was it that prompted Dean to change his stance? For one thing, the White House made a serious effort to reach out to the famously tempestuous former governor, who has become the de facto spokesperson of the progressive movement. After initially characterizing Dean’s opposition as “insane,” White House adviser David Axelrod—who also appeared on “Meet the Press” today—softened his own criticism of the former governor on Friday. And this morning, Dean had confirmed that he and Axelrod had “actually talked back and forth throughout the week,” doubtlessly in the aftermath of his controversial op-ed.
And AGAIN, even from TruthOut...we get the "relevant" thingy. God I find that intolerable.
That being said, by shifting his attention to the next battleground for the evolving legislation, Dean has at least returned to a far more reasonable--and relevant--place in the debate moving forward.
You should read the comments. Most feel as I do that it is an arrogant position to talk about those who speak out as irrelevant.
Let it continue though...we will see who is relevant.
They will get their corporate agenda through...no doubt at all.
But there will be consequences if they shut us up and out.
Oh, and here is the column
from Buzzflash Who is this P. M. Carpenter whose posts show he/she do not like liberals.
Case in point: Howard Dean's appearance on "Meet the Press" yesterday. It was astonishing. I sat watching, slack-jawed but in utter agreement with Dr. Dean about the evils of private health insurance and the coming legislative battles with this monstrous special interest, should the recently tailored Senate bill be signed into law. Yep, that's what will happen all right. No doubt about it. I couldn't have agreed more.
So how, you might ask, could I sit vigorously nodding my head up and down while my jaw slackened in disbelief -- even disgust?
Simply because Dean repeatedly ventured that the bill should be improved, it should be improved, it should be improved -- while not once taking the good time and trouble to inform us just how the bill realistically could be improved.
..."Obama, as a student of history, has learned from the master. He has, as the Times further framed his approach, "put a high value on ... keeping things moving, recognizing that history generally does not remember the to and fro, only the big sweep of presidential accomplishments" -- which build on themselves.
Yes, they have learned from the masters of history.
The prelude to a royal screwing of the party's base which is said by the White House CoS to be non-existent anyway.
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