Howard Dean

Former Democratic National Committee chairman and former Vermont governor Howard Dean will be in Albuquerque on February 9, the blog Democracy for New Mexico announced. The blog says Dean will hold three events, two fundraisers and one public event at the University of New Mexico, but the times and exact locations are to be announced.

Former Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean said Monday that it is time to kill the U.S. Senate health care bill and start over — and he used the “r” word. Reconciliation.
The liberal Democrat, who previously served as governor of Vermont, said “This is essentially the collapse of health care reform in the United States [...]

According to the Pew Research Center, the health care debate was the number one news story of the week, at least when it comes to media coverage (though, in what may be a sad testament to the state of the media, balloon boy was number three — edging out Afghanistan). And that’s reflected in today’s [...]

Mayor Martin Chavez has gained some high profile support in his quest to be reelected next week.
An automated call that reached Albuquerque households Tuesday night contained a message from Howard Dean urging folks to vote for Chavez.
Dean is the former chair of the Democratic National Committee. During his tenure at DNC, he pioneered what is [...]

Yesterday we asked how New Mexico’s senior senator would vote on Sen. Joe Lieberman’s fate. It turns out Jeff Bingaman voted along with most of his peers for a partial rebuke of Lieberman — but for Lieberman to keep his gavel as Homeland Security Committee chairman.

The news has already begun on who’s going to be who in the Barack Obama Oval Office. First up: Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff.
The Chicago-area U.S. representative caught Obama’s eye, according to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on “Good Morning America” today, because he “knows policy, knows politics, knows Capitol Hill,” and Obama has told associates [...]