I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks. We can’t beat George Bush unless we appeal to a broad cross-section of Democrats.

Ralph Nader has contributed an enormous amount to this country, and, for some inexplicable reason, he seems determined to wreck his legacy. I think he’s hell-bent to do this.

[Dean also started airing a new TV ad in Iowa yesterday that challenges his rivals on prescription drugs.] Seniors today are getting clobbered by prescription drug costs, … But instead of fixing the problem, the...

In a page ripped right out of the playbook used by President Bush and the Republicans in Washington, Gov. Fletcher has brought the Republican Party’s culture of corruption to Kentucky,

At every turn when there has been an imbalance of power, the truth questioned, or our beliefs and values distorted, the change required to restore our nation has always come from the bottom up from...

He is a good guy, but I truly believe he is a Republican.

He can no longer be trusted to keep America safe.

We will only win when we show up and fight for the issues important to all of us,

The problem is, it works. It appeals to the worst instincts of the American people so both sides use it. There’s not much high mindedness in politics because you couldn’t survive. If you did, someone...

I’m not going to play the game anymore.

We forfeited the moral leadership of this world, a position that we had been in since the end of World War I, when George Bush went into Iraq unilaterally,

If the president had taken the advice of his military men before he went there instead of showing us his strategic plan for Iraq three years after he got there, he would be better off...

nothing short of outrageous.

In December, when we were just getting pounded by every other candidate, I asked Terry to step in because I thought it was getting kind of destructive, … Terry decided to be neutral, so I...

Sadly, the federal government’s lack of preparation followed by its inept response had deadly consequences for far too many Americans in Katrina’s path. The American people are counting on their leaders in Washington, D.C., to...

We have no idea what this woman’s record is about. She’s obviously an accomplished attorney. The question is what does she believe. We have no idea, … This Week.

I am no longer actively pursuing the presidency,

Given the proclivity of this administration to threaten those, both at home and abroad, who are candid, that is a silly proposal,

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No commander-in-chief would ever — and I am no exception — willingly allow our military influence to shrink. Unilateralism is a mistake … I think the senator made a mistake in criticizing me.

Use your network to send progressive delegates to the convention in Boston. … We are not going away, we are staying together, unified, all of us.

That’s how we’re going to fix Medicare, is to get somebody who has executive experience in governing, particularly in health care, … With me, you’ll get results, because I’m a governor and I’ve done it.

strong connections to Wisconsin’s progressive politics.

I like John Kerry. I think he’s intellectually curious and very thoughtful. I think he’s deeply committed on issues like the environment. I think he’s an internationalist, which I am.

[He also lumped Kerry in with another Democratic contender, Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, charging that though they] may not raise their voices as loudly … their rhetoric is every bit as hostile.

[Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean tried to turn around the World War II argument.] Democratic Presidents Roosevelt and Truman led America to victory in World War II because they laid out a clear plan...

I’ve always been endorsed by the National Rifle Association.

It’s not just about Tom DeLay. It’s a thorough culture of corruption which has permeated the Bush administration.

I think George Bush has some nerve attacking anybody on special interests,

It’s certainly a good idea to have more geographic diversity and more ethnic diversity in the Democratic nominating process. We are committed to leaving Iowa first as the first caucus in the country and New...

A lot of them never made an honest living in their lives,

He’s had millions of dollars thrown at him by Bloomberg, and I think he’s just hanging right in there, every single day, … and I think that’s what you want is a tough guy who...

If you’d asked me two weeks ago, I would have said ‘No way, I’m in this because I want to elect the opposite of John Kerry, … Now, maybe. But really, I just want to...

Anything in the Gospels.

I believe national Republican politics … really had an effect in Virginia and California, … don’t like the abuse of power, they don’t like the culture of corruption. They want the nation to go in...

I will take a backseat to no one in a commitment to civil rights in America.

I’ve waffled before. I’ll waffle again.

The State of the Union may look rosy from the White House balcony or the suites of George Bush’s wealthiest donors. But hardworking Americans will see through this president’s efforts to wrap his radical agenda...

There are some parallels to Watergate. This is a third-rate, silly effort that definitely turns out to be rooted in the White House.

First of all I like John Kerry. I think he’s intellectually curious and very thoughtful. I think he’s deeply committed on issues like the environment. I think he’s an internationalist, which I am.

great things about Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and George Bush.

After having his hand in nearly every bad Bush policy decision and nearly every scandal that has consumed the Bush White House, it is not surprising that Karl Rove was demoted this morning.

The face of the Democratic Party is such that it looks like all of America will look in 2050,

There’s no question that Rove was the one that leaked the information about the CIA agent’s name.

[The judge also said that a] memorandum of understanding … does not establish that any requested records are exempt from disclosure.

We deserve that moral leadership title back again. I think Kerry will bring it to us.

Once again, the Republicans created problems so they think they can come in and solve them.

From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created gay people.

There’s not one person in this crowd who’s gonna agree with everything I say. Not one.

We can take back America and stand up for working families and middle-class families again, and take our government back for the people who built it instead of corporations and special interests — and we...