aziz you beat me to this by just a few minutes! 
here is coverage via the guardian, here is newsday's coverage (which mentioned dean going to the podium amidst chants of "howard, howard!"), here's the spin from fox (who has the gall to say that lieberman is leading right now!).
I saw the speech on C-SPAN this afternoon. I failed to see where Governor Dean was forced to "prostrate" himself. In fact he did just the opposite. He got in the faces of the delegates and told them that either the Democratic Party stands for something or it doesn't.
That's the kind of leadership the Democrats and the nation need.
Dean-Clark 2004
... but don't even consider Moseley-Braun as a running mate. Her record is terrible, and there are all sorts of allegations about her possible improprieties. I don't know much about her... but what I've heard (like what most Americans have likely heard) is not good.
That's not even funny.
As of this moment, I only see 2 good potential running mates. Clark and Graham. Dean is going to need a solid foreign policy expert at his side and these are the best qualified from the field.
Gary Hart is an anti-terrorism expert and would be a third good potential running mate in spite of his past.
Definitely, Clark for VP, regardless of who the nominee is. Absolutely bulletproof ticket right there, deflates the GOP's supposed superiority in issues of "national security." Would debate the 4-times-deferred-from-Vietnam Cheney under a table.
of course, you need Dean at the top of the ticket for everything else. goes without saying 
According to c-span.org, it looks like the DNC meeting will be rebroadcast on C-SPAN tonight at 10:30 eastern.
The speech is online and available here:
http://video.c-span.org:8080/
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I heard the speech on C-SPAN radio while driving home (benefit of living in the DC area), then saw it on C-SPAN this evening. Dean was fantastic, and I love the fact that he took on the party's lack of message and vision. The line 'is this party about winning the next election or changing America' was right on the money.
Y'all watch the video on cspan.org! Skip to 20:00 (or watch the other speeches if you want I guess...)
You will not believe what you're seeing. It's downright incredible.
Ken
Rather, skip to 2:00:00 (2 hours in) Not 20 minutes in
As I watch various talking head shows; crossfire, fox reports, any pundit based show, dean's name is coming up more and more. Even repub pundits are impressed if not scared...
dean speaks straight. if he continues to do this he'll have a good chance at the nomination.
Dean needs money. With Steve Grossman, Rob Reiner, and perhaps George Soros on board Dean should do well in the large figure contributions.
However, that should NOT preclude us from investing in this worthwhile effort.
Yes, I do put my money where my mouth is. I sent a $100 contribution a couple of weeks ago, and will do so next weekend.
yea, and if anyone can afford to do so, contributing a few bucks per month is certainly a good idea...
i gave $150 at the dallas fundraiser a few weeks back, and gave another $20 this month. i'll be continuing to do that until i'm up to the $500 limit.
BTW - the link to the video is on the a/v page I maintain at my blog. Dean's presentation starts right around the 2 hour mark.
Can't help but interject: We in NY for Dean are ablaze with hope about him, especially after yesterday's performance. I'm tired of Gephardt and that was before I found out yesterday that he help write Bush's war resolution. And Daschle-Democrats, Edwards, Lieberman, etc.: you'll never beat Karl Rove, trained by Watergate plotter Donald Segretti, by bowing down to Bush, being the "loyal" opposition. Rove and the rest of Bush's nail spitting hacks (from Rummy to Cheney, to Ashcroft, ad nauseum) will put a knife in you so fast you won't know which direction the blood is flowing. How was it possible, after getting a presidency stolen, that Democrats LOST the House and the Senate?
Howard Dean had it right in his first three sentences yesterday. I'm paraphrasing, but he took on the DNC right there: How is it possible for you to support Bush's war? How is it possible to support a tax cut in the worst economy in __ years? How is it possible to support a health care plan that is pabulum?
Howard Dean is not only intelligent, he's smart. I read the transcript of his Meet the Press interview. Read it again if you can. Dean shut up Russert, the imperious GE bloviator and distorter, and spit the questions right back at him. From how it reads, Russert was speechless at the end.
And by the way, catch the dialogue going on at democrats.com (where Gov. Dean has a huge lead in this week's polling, which he has won for something like seven weeks in a row) and at mediawhoresonline.com. It seems David Gergen, of all people, is telling us just what Gov. Dean has been saying about Bush, though in harsher, much harsher terms. It would look like a Nixonian meltdown is happening, but remember that Karl Rove is there still.
And Donna Brazile all but endorses Dean after yesterday.
DaveB
NYC
DaveB - You hit the nail on the head about Brazile. I thought that was the most interesting tidbit to pick up; back in November she'd already chilled to Gore and was publicly "uncommitted". If she gets in behind Dean early on, that could lend even more credibility to the campaign.
Here is some praise for Howard Dean from Bob Schieffer:
CBS News Transcripts February 23, 2003 Sunday
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SHOW: Face the Nation (10:30 AM ET) - CBS
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HEADLINE: Howard Dean's memorable comment at recent DNC meeting
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BOB SCHIEFFER, host:
Finally today, it was Ike who said, 'I will go to Korea.' Jimmy Carter said, 'I will never lie to you.' Walter Mondale beat back a challenge from Gary Hart for the Democratic nomination in 1984 by asking, 'Where's the beef?' And Ronald Reagan posed the now-famous question, 'Are you better off now than you were four years ago?'
In every successful political contest, you will find a phrase or a one-liner that catches the public's attention, a few words that, agree or disagree, caused you to say, 'Hey, did you hear what so-and-so said the other day?' That's why I took notice when I called in from the road last week and a colleague asked, 'Did you hear what Howard Dean said the other day?' Dean, of course, is the Vermont governor and long shot presidential candidate. He had stepped to the microphone at a Democratic National Committee meeting, accused his rivals of trying to copy, rather than challenge, the Bush administration, and then electrified the crowd by saying, 'I'm Howard Dean and I'm here to represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party.'
Now whether his analysis is right or wrong is not the point here. But with that one remark he has separated himself from the growing field of Democrats and won the first 'Did you hear what so-and-so said?' primary. Just ask the better-known and well-financed Dick Gephardt, who formally announced his campaign with a big rally last week. Not many Democrats, though, were asking what he said.
It is a long way from knowing who the Democrats' nominee will be, but if I were one of those other candidates, I'd start keeping an eye on Howard Dean.
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Here is what Joe Klein had to say on Face the Nation before Schieffer made his comments:
Mr. KLEIN: ...as when we make predictions, but I--I got to say I was at the--the DNC, the Democratic National Committee, meetings in Washington on Friday and Saturday--well, on Friday, and Howard Dean, the governor of Vermont came in and he just blew those people away. It was one of the most effective speeches I've ever seen a candidate give. Now he doesn't have foreign policy experience, but I think that at the very least, he is going to sharpen up the other candidates and he's going to make this a very, very interesting race.
Here is the view from Tokyo:
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HEADLINE: Dean a dark horse in U.S. presidential race
BYLINE: Anthony Sipher Yomiuri Shimbun Washington Bureau
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WASHINGTON--A previous political unknown, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean managed to tap into a deep-felt frustration among Democrats to create momentum for his presidential campaign in a speech at the Democratic National Committee's annual winter meeting in Washington on Friday
Dean launched scathing attacks on U.S. President George W. Bush's foreign and domestic policies and at fellow Democratic presidential hopefuls.
He separated himself from his rivals by questioning their values and their support of Bush. "What I want to know is, why in the world the Democratic Party leadership is supporting the president's unilateral war against Iraq? What I want to know is, why are Democratic Party leaders supporting tax cuts?" Dean asked.
"I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party," he added.
The criticisms were aimed at Democrats, such as Rep. Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., and Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., who spoke prior to Dean and supported a congressional resolution to unilaterally use military force against Iraq.
Democrats have come under fire recently for supporting the Bush administration's case for unilateral action against Iraq and not having a stronger message to counter the Republicans in the 2002 midterm elections. House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., voiced concern during her speech Friday about the matter.
"Never again will the Democratic Party go forth into an election without a Democratic message saying who we are and what we stand for," she told the audience of delegates.
Dean is banking on this schism to become a better known candidate in a field of heavyweights. "There is a problem with the Democratic Party," he said. "The party is demoralized."
Speaking to a group of reporters after his speech, Dean explained his views on the Bush administration's foreign policy. "Iraq is not a threat to the United States," he said. "The president has decided Iraq is a threat." He argued against sending U.S. troops into Iraq unilaterally and said he would only support an invasion if the U.N. Security Council backs it.
Dean, 54, is the son of a Republican stockbroker from New York and was the nation's longest-serving Democratic governor.
During his tenure as governor, he signed legislation legalizing civil unions for gay couples and managed to provide virtually every resident of Vermont under the age of 18 with health insurance.
Despite these liberal-issue achievements, Dean has described himself as a fiscal conservative and managed to receive an "A" rating from the National Rifle Association, one of the United States' most conservative political lobbies.
However, Dean, the only governor in the race, is trailing in the polls. In a recent CNN poll, Dean garnered only 3 percent from registered Democrats. Lieberman led with 16 percent.
But this does not seem to bother him. "I think it's great being only 13 points behind the leader," he joked. "I don't have a pollster. The position I have is what I believe in."
Some, including former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's campaign manager, Donna Brazile, think Dean's speech to the Democratic National Convention may be the beginning of his rise. "The poll numbers will not hurt Dean," she said. "He understands that you need to reshape the political landscape."
"His message was appropriate," Brazile added.
If Dean is to be considered a serious contender, he will need to get his hands on more money. Currently, Dean has about 85,000 dollars, compared with Gephardt's 2.5 million dollars war chest. Both Lieberman and Gephardt, who place first and second in most polls, have received more than 25 percent of their contributions from political action committees, while Dean has received fewer than 5 percent from such organizations.
Dean is hoping he can compete on an even playing field by hiring some political big-hitters. He has discussed political strategy with former U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and also hired Rick Ridder, former Sen. Gary Hart's campaign manager.
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The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that Howard Dean "eclipsed the Democratic candidates at a party meeting."
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HEADLINE: Liberal Democrat energizes party
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Washington --- Prescribing a dose of liberalism as a cure for Democratic doldrums, Dr. Howard Dean raised his presidential profile at Friday's session of the Democratic National Committee's winter meeting.
Dean electrified hundreds of party activists with a fiery attack on the Bush White House and a stinging indictment of his own party's drift from its progressive roots.
"I'm here to represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party," Dean declared.
The performance by Dean, a physician and former governor of Vermont, eclipsed the appearances by three other presidential candidates: veteran congressional leader Dick Gephardt of Missouri, former Sen. Carol Mosely-Braun of Illinois and Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Al Gore's running mate in 2000.
"He stole the show," said former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson. "He's got the medicine to cure my depression," said Donna Brazile, the Gore-Lieberman campaign manager.
Dean complained that "the Democratic Party leadership" is too supportive of Bush's "unilateral" attack on Iraq, too willing to cut taxes in the face of record budget deficits, too distracted by a congressional fight over patients' rights to enact universal health care and too enamored of Bush's education reforms to notice that they shortchange schools.
"This party needs to look in the mirror and ask itself, 'Is this party about the next election, or is it about changing America?' " Dean said.
He challenged the conventional political wisdom of the Democratic Party that it cannot win the votes of Southern white males, a core Republican constituency.
"White folks in the South who drive pickup trucks with Confederate flag decals in the back ought to be voting with us and not [Republicans], because their kids don't have health insurance either, and their kids need better schools, too," Dean said.
While Dean drew standing ovations, Gephardt was on the defensive because party insiders are unhappy with his early support for military action to disarm Iraq.
"I believe we must disarm Saddam Hussein, and I'm proud that I wrote the resolution that helped lead the president to finally make his case to the United Nations," he said.
Lieberman defended his support of the resolution. "No one will be elected in November of 2004 if she or he cannot convince voters that they will keep America's families safe."
Moseley-Braun of Illinois reiterated her opposition to the war.
"Duct tape is no substitute for diplomacy, and the saber-rattling that has made us all hostage to fear must stop," she said.
GRAPHIC: Photo: Howard Dean of Vermont, a physician, eclipsed the Democratic candidates at a party meeting.
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Dean captured the Chicago Tribune headline: "Dean takes Democrats to task over Iraq stance".
Check it out:
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HEADLINE: Dean takes Democrats to task over Iraq stance;
Says candidates must show they differ from Bush
BYLINE: By Jeff Zeleny, Washington Bureau.
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The Democratic Party's divisions over a possible war with Iraq were on display Friday, as former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean chastised fellow presidential hopefuls for failing to take a stand and distinguish themselves in the race to unseat President Bush.
"What I want to know is why in the world the Democratic Party leadership is supporting the president's unilateral attack on Iraq?" Dean asked hundreds of party activists, who answered with cheers and applause.
Four candidates exploring presidential bids addressed the winter meeting of the Democratic National Committee in one of the early tests of the 2004 primary campaign. One by one, they insisted Bush can be beaten, but only Dean launched a broadside against his party, which he said too often tries to mimic Republicans.
"I'm here to represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party," declared Dean, who was Vermont's governor for 11 years and is positioning himself as, perhaps, the most liberal candidate in the growing nomination field.
Less than one year before the first votes are to be cast in the Democratic race, the party is trying to rebuild after losing control of the Senate, failing to win back the House majority, and ceding control of statehouses to the GOP in midterm elections. The candidates are weighing how pointed to make their criticism of the Bush administration.
Few issues seem more divisive than the prospect of military conflict with Iraq. Four declared candidates voted for the war resolution in Congress, while four other hopefuls are trying to appeal to the party's core through anti-war messages.
One member of the Democratic audience shouted "Shame!" as Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) told the crowd he proudly sponsored the resolution that authorized the use of force in Iraq.
"I know it's on everyone's mind," Gephardt said, confronting the issue head-on. "I believe we must disarm Saddam Hussein."
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, a Connecticut Democrat who also is seeking the nomination, was not jeered as he explained why Hussein should be removed from power.
"I believe as a matter of personal conscience that the objective is correct and critical to America's security," said Lieberman, who was his party's vice presidential candidate in 2000.
Carol Moseley-Braun, a former Illinois senator who opened a presidential exploratory committee this week, said Hussein "must be driven out of business," but she urged the Bush administration to bolster its diplomatic efforts.
Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio and civil rights activist Al Sharpton of New York are scheduled to make addresses Saturday.
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is recovering from prostate cancer surgery and is meeting privately with Democratic activists.
As the U.S. increases preparations for a possible war, Democratic candidates are walking a careful line in articulating their positions on defense, much to the dismay of some party activists who applauded Dean's willingness to unleash a broad, unrelenting critique of the administration.
"This party needs to look in the mirror and ask itself, 'Is this party about the next election, or is it about changing America?'" Dean said. "Only by changing America will we win back the White House."
Unburdened by a voting record in Congress or by the prospect of being a front-runner in the race, Dean continued his pattern of collecting the most applause from audiences. Even though many Democrats question his chances of winning, they reveled in his energy and his rhetoric.
"I'm off my depression pill. He cured my depression with this Democratic Party," said Donna Brazile, a Democratic activist who ran Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign. "There's a hunger to hear someone speak so honestly and passionately about the issues."
Republican Party Chairman Marc Racicot sent a letter Friday to members of the Democratic National Committee saying Americans wanted "solutions, not finger-pointing."
GRAPHIC: PHOTOPHOTO: Presidential hopeful Howard Dean chastises fellow Democrats at a party committee meeting Friday in Washington. Reuters photo by Jason Reed.
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Dean got an incredible headline in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ...
"DEAN SCORES A HOME RUN AT DEMOCRATIC PARTY POWWOW"
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HEADLINE: DEAN SCORES A HOME RUN AT DEMOCRATIC PARTY POWWOW
BYLINE: Deirdre Shesgreen Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
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* But Gephardt also gets a warm response at the gathering of party activists.
Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean wowed the crowd at the political equivalent of a beauty pageant Friday, offering up a red-meat speech that took aim at his Democratic presidential rivals and at President George W. Bush.
Dean was one of four White House hopefuls to address the Democratic National Committee's winter meeting, a gathering of party activists that unofficially kicked off the 2004 nominating contest.
With no apparent front-runner, next year's contest has drawn more than a half-dozen contenders, almost all of whom flocked to the party meeting to jockey for position and showcase their candidacies.
Although Dean won the loudest applause, Rep. Richard Gephardt, of St. Louis County, also drew a warm reception from the group as he laid out his platform of expanding health insurance, creating a universal pension system, calling for an international minimum wage and other measures.
Before Gephardt delved into his domestic agenda, he told the crowd that he was "proud" of the agreement he brokered with Bush giving the president the authority to take military action against Iraq.
And as he broached the topic, which has become a hot-button topic among the Democratic Party's base, a man in the audience yelled out "Shame!"
Gephardt's appearance came on the heels of his official presidential announcement tour that took him from St. Louis to the key early primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., also addressed the group, as did a new entrant into the contest, former Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun, D-Ill.
Lieberman emphasized his hawkish stance on defense issues, saying, "No one will be elected president in November 2004 if she or he does not convince voters they will keep America's families safe."
Moseley-Braun accused the Bush administration of "a mad rush to pre-emptive, unilateral military action." Much of her speech, though, focused on domestic issues and an appeal to women.
"America is ready for its first woman president," she declared.
Today, civil rights activist Al Sharpton, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio., and Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., will address the group. Another heavyweight in the race, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., is not scheduled to attend because he's recovering from surgery for prostate cancer.
All the candidates who spoke on Friday took broad swipes at Bush and all touched on a similar set of issues - health care, the economy, energy independence and Iraq. Nowhere was the division more clear than on Iraq. Both Gephardt and Lieberman staunchly repeated their support of Bush on the war, while still criticizing the president for a broader foreign policy that relied more on "bullying," as Gephardt put it, than on consensus-building or diplomacy.
Meanwhile, Dean aimed at capturing the anti-war sentiment that runs high among many of the party faithful.
"What I want to know is why in the world the Democratic Party leadership is supporting the president's unilateral attack on Iraq," Dean said.
It was the first of a series of questions Dean posed in a speech aimed at portraying himself as an outsider looking to shake up the party establishment.
"I'm here to represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party," he said, noting that he was the only governor and the only doctor in the race. If the party wants to energize disaffected voters, he said, "we had better stand for something, because that's why they're not voting."
Portraying himself as a candidate who won't make decisions based on politics and polls, he said the party needed to "look in the mirror and ask, is this party about (winning) the next election or is it about changing America."
His message struck a chord.
Maynard Jackson, the former mayor of Atlanta, said: "Howard Dean ruled the roost with the gutsiness of his remarks and his speaking truth to power. ... People are dying for leadership that's forthright, experienced and courageous."
Jackson said Gephardt's speech put him as "a tight second," adding that the congressman "connected extremely well" with the audience.
Others in the crowd echoed that sentiment. Eva Bacal, an activist from Arizona, said that Gephardt's twin messages stressing his modest Midwestern upbringing and his long experience in Congress resonated with her
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