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Howard Dean backs Nick Clegg as next PM

By Stephen Tall | Published 1st April 2010 - 10:30 am

And no, this is not an April Fool joke, for those of a mischievous mindset – the former Democratic Presidential hopeful and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee has publicly stated he thinks the Lib Dems could win the election. Here’s how the BBC reports it:

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg could be the surprise winner of the UK’s general election, former US presidential candidate Howard Dean has said. Mr Dean praised Mr Clegg as a “young, dynamic leader”. And he said he could be the big winner from Britain’s first televised election debates, capitalising on disillusion with the

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Words alone cannot convey

By Alex Foster | Published 7th March 2009 - 7:01 pm

If the exclusive Voice audio version of Howard Dean’s speech is not pressing enough of your buttons already, the party has now made a full, professional video of the speech here

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Conference: Howard Dean’s speech

By Alix Mortimer | Published 7th March 2009 - 12:24 pm

Ed Davey is currently introducing Howard Dean and doing his level best to hitch the Lib Dems to the Obama wagon. You have to feel sympathy for the man. I was lucky enough to be one of the bloggers interviewing him this morning (full write up coming soon), and we did our best to prod the same sort of indiscretion out of him. As a broadly left-wing sympathiser in terms of British politics, could he detect differences between us and Labour? No dice.

And indeed Howard Dean begins with a disclaimer “to put off the international incident” by saying that …

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Howard Dean in under 12secs

By Alex Foster | Published 7th March 2009 - 11:36 am

Continuing our exciting use of new technology, Helen Duffett brings Howard Dean to the 12seconds.tv platform


Video: Governor Howard Dean talks to @libdemvoice. #ldconf on 12seconds.tv

It’s nice to know he’s enjoying his time here. I’ve heard many positive reports from his private meetings with party staff, and we’re waiting with bated breath for the reports of his meeting with bloggers.

And of course in just over 30 minutes, he’ll be speaking from the main platform. I’m planning to be sitting in the auditorium with my mic so that we can podcast …

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Opinion: Why we should be learning lessons from Howard Dean

By Lynne Featherstone MP | Published 18th February 2009 - 10:08 am

Howard Dean is coming to town! Barack Obama certainly has two up on him in the Presidential election stakes – Obama got the nomination and got the Presidency – but for many interested in the question of how best to engage with the public and with active supporters in the internet age, Howard Dean is the real inspiration.

What Obama did last year was truly impressive – but impressive in quality and scale and eloquence rather than in innovation. When it came to breaking new ground in picking technologies to use and structuring a campaign around involving people rather than ordering …

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