Dean: Hot Name On The List To Replace Daschle

[Me.]

"With Tom Daschle removed from his planned role as chief architect of President Obama's health care policy, the search has already begun for his replacement. Governor Howard Dean, no longer heading the DNC, is the hot name on the list, having been in the early discussion for head of the Department of Health and Human Services.

The fit seems logical -- Dean is a former doctor and has implemented health care reform, and it would go a long way to pleasing rank-and-file Democrats. But the choice is not without frictions: he reportedly has a cool relationship with some White House officials, most notably chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. Either way, don't expect to hear much from Dean or his allies, who declined to comment for this article. The surest way to spoil a nomination is to talk about it, the Governor told the Huffington Post back in November." cont...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/03/daschle-replacement-buzz_n_163667.html

[Joe the Liberal]

1. I hope they choose him.........

Dean would be great but whatever happened to Gupta?

[Seen the light]

6. Gupta's going for the Surgeon General

Don't let him anywhere near HHS.

I'm all for Dean.

[SharonAnn]

11. Dean would be absolutely terrific. And we can trust him! If says we have to compromise,

Then I would believe that we have to. However, I don't think he'd ever think that we have to compromise. He'd just think we have to fight harder.

Dean's the man!

[anonymous171]

54. If he said that we needed to compromise, we would actually need to compromise.

Dean is awesome.

[wryter2000]

37. Oh, please, oh, please

He got all the children of his state insured. He'd be great. I could even watch his confirmation hearings and sigh. :loveya:

[Captain Hilts]

2. Baseless speculation. nt

[tavalon]

9. Probably, but anything that gets it to the top of google and into the vetters computers

I assume they will try for some more careful vetting this time. However, this could be a big bone to the grassroots if they go with Dr. Dean. I would probably give them a pass on the next dozen mistakes if they did give this one to Dr. Dean.

[Me.]

14. In Addition

The article leads me to believe that he was also considered first time around, which bodes well.

[ProSense]

3. Bradley would be an interesting pick. I also like David Cutler

Honored for his scholarly work and singled out for outstanding mentorship of graduate students, Professor Cutler's work in health economics and public economics has earned him significant academic and public acclaim. Professor Cutler served on the Council of Economic Advisers and the National Economic Council during the Clinton Administration and advised the Presidential campaigns of Bill Bradley and John Kerry. Among other affiliations, Professor Cutler has held positions with the National Institutes of Health and the National Academy of Sciences. Currently, Professor Cutler is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a member of the Institute of Medicine.

Professor Cutler is the author of Your Money Or Your Life: Strong Medicine for America's Health Care System, published by Oxford University Press. This book, and Professor Cutler's ideas, were the subject of a feature article in the New York Times Magazine, The Quality Cure, by Roger Lowenstein. Cutler was recently named one of the 30 people who could have a powerful impact on healthcare by Modern Healthcare magazine.

link

He is already working in the Obama administration.

[JerseygirlCT]

30. I adore Bill Bradley

And he's been working on health care issues FOREVER. He's incredibly smart.

[Sebastian Doyle]

4. At this point, he had better pick Dr. Dean

And not another Repuke criminal.

[Larkspur]

5. Dean is the best choice

He's
1) available and does not hold a senate or congressional seat that will be replaced by a Republican governor
2) he's a former physician whose passion is healthcare reform and he helped spearhead a prototype plan in Vermont while he was governor.
3) Dean can work with Republicans, moderate Republicans. No one can work with the extremists Repukes
4) Dean is a team player
5) If Obama really believes in the "Team of Rivals" then he will nominate Howard Dean as HHS. Rahm and Howard can be the rivals but also be on team Obama. Question is, is Rahm a team player?
6) Selecting Dean will be an olive branch to progressives who have been perturbed by Obama stuffing his Admin with Clintonistas.

[Thrill]

7. After shitting on everyone with the Gregg pick. He needs to pick Dean

[backscatter712]

8. The Daschle withdrawal might have been a blessing in disguise!

Dean would be awesome!

[tavalon]

10. If Dean gets it, then the Daschle withdrawal was doubleplus good!

I didn't like the pockets Tommy was living in, and I adore the good doctor and was appalled at his being effectively snubbed.

[chill_wind]

16. With a cherry on top.

Rahm can figure out a way to live with it. It would be a healthy lesson for him.

[tavalon]

17. Obama said he wanted a cabinet that didn't necessarily get along

Why the hell not? Rahm's going to be far too busy to have much dealings with Dr. Dean anyway.

[liberalla]

12. I want Howard!

er, er, I mean DOCTOR Dean!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

13. Solid choice. Gotta love Howard.

[BrklynLiberal]

15. I wonder if this guy knows what he is talking about.

I guess we will not know til President Obama tells us.:shrug:

[Me.]

18. A Brief Resume

"Sam Stein is a Political Reporter at the Huffington Post, based in Washington, D.C. Previously he has worked for Newsweek magazine, the New York Daily News and the investigative journalism group Center for Public Integrity. He has a masters from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and is a graduate of Dartmouth College."

[BrklynLiberal]

20. At least he is not with the AEI.

[DFW]

19. Plus one little detail they left out

Howard would NEVER lobby for the post on his own. He's too much of a pro for that.
He'll react to an offer as he sees fit (and I hope it's yes!!), but he would never
lobby for it behind the scenes.

This one is for the Obama White House to do on their own--or not. A few hundred thousand
emails in Howard's favor to the White House wouldn't hurt.........

[wroberts189]

21. So we might not get Dean because of Emanuel?

What happened to looking forward and not back?


No credit for sweeping Dems. into power the past two elections in record numbers????

The brilliant 50 state strategy?

nix ?

fyou dlcer's , as well as Carville and your strange wife with a hot line to Limbaugh on speed dial.

Sigh..


If we only treated the pubs the same as we do our own.

[road2000]

22. A "former doctor"?

What, did he lose his M.D. just because he's not practicing? Sloppy writing, and disrespectful to Doctor Dean.

[Blue_Roses]

23. I hope he gets this post...

he is the most qualified to fill this spot.

[wyldwolf]

24. I think he and Rahm can play ball together. Coach Obama will make sure of it

[KoKo]

25. Hey...Hey....the first "feeler." Let's hope this gets some Big Mo! n/t

[libodem]

26. My bet is on Dr. Dean

If President Obama reads DU, or if Agent Mike, has an in with him, tell him the great and powerful libodem is pleading.

[dpbrown]

27. Dean is the best choice... better to get rid of Emanuel than ditch Dean

There's the roadblock.

[H2O Man]

28. I hope so.

Nominated.

[tblue37]

29. I'll go out on a limb here and say that I'd be willing to bet they won't find any

tax problems or lobbying behavior in Dean's past if Obama chooses him.

Howard Dean is one straight arrow.

[DFW]

31. I'd feel better if I saw this on the from page of the Wall Street Journal

The Huffington Post, while respected in some quarters, does not set the tone for
Obama administration appointments. I saw the New York Times had a big editorial
come out (ironically, the same day) for Daschle's withdrawing his name. Why the
hell can't they come out and say who they ARE for? If the NYT, Washington Post,
Newsweek, MSNBC or some kind of MSM would take a stand, maybe Howard would have
a serious chance. So far, he is the darling of a few blogs, and the MSM are shutting
up (OK, who is surprised?) about him.

The one place where Howard's name being "hot" would count is the Obama White House,
and I haven't heard a peep from them. Maybe no news is good news, but I'll feel better
when I hear Howard's name on the news, and see Rahm shaking hands with him on CNN, with
Obama smiling as he stands with Howard at some Whote House press podium.

So far, I've been whistling Dixie on that, but if you had told me that Daschle would
withdraw after Geithner and Holder got confirmed, I would have called you nuts, too.

Come on, President Obama--you got yours--now give us a little bit of ours! You wouldn't
be rewarding Howard for services rendered--you'd be rewarding the country for standing
behind you in the hope that you'd bring on people like Howard in the first place! If we
don't deserve a little recognition, what was the whole exercise about anyway?

[ShortnFiery]

32. Yes! That's good news. eom

[psychmommy]

33. i left a comment on the white house website.

let's bombard them with support for dr dean. stranger things have worked.

[RepublicanElephant]

34. sure would give obama a boost in the liberal/progressive wing of the democratic party. nt

[MasonJar]

35. I am going to be madder than hell if that sneak Rahm keeps the American

people from getting Dr. Dean for HHS. Rahm is the one who should have never been selected.

[MasonJar]

36. Please e-mail Obama on his citizen's link and tell him to choose Dean.

I did last night and the more mail Obama gets the more he might (and right now I mean might) listen. It is time progressives got something after Gregg...gad, what a terrible blow that was. I'll never understand it. I also will never understand why Obama snubbed Dr. Dean at the announcement of the new DNC director. That was personally offensive to me.

[wryter2000]

38. Where do you e-mail?

Is change.gov still working?

[KoKo]

39. Use this,...I e-mailed today:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

[wryter2000]

55. Thanks

I did. :thumbsup:

[Cha]

40. Maybe if you didn't believe everything

the coporatemedia wrote you would understand that Obama didn't snub Dean.

Here's an online petition for Dean to be Sec of Health..

http://www.petitiononline.com/sec4hhs/

My comment.."Dean will work hard for us and I'm thinking his taxes are up to date."

[Me.]

49. I Got Cha

:hi:

[Cha]

51. There ya go!

:D :hi:

[fadedrose]

53. Done with pleasure...

[babsbunny]

41. I can totally stomach seeing Dr. Dean on the T.V. machine

This is cool!

[NewJeffCT]

42. I'd love to see it, but I think the name is just a bone

being tossed to Democrats. He'll be under "serious" consideration, and they'll go with somebody not quite as outspoken...

[fadedrose]

43. Me spelled Rahm Emanuel right, but I don't..

I've emailed the White House comment site several times and have harshly criticized Czar Rham Rahm Emmmanual.

I even went so far as to tell them that I cancelled my monthly contribution (small as it is) to the DNC because of the trashing of Dean after the election, and in no way would I consider any further donations to the party.

The President needs Dean. Then there would be two honest men in the White House....tho I think Biden is honest and like him. I betcha Malia and Sasha would enjoy Howard doing his "Yahaaaaaaha" just for them.

Obama, I adore, and Michelle too.

[fadedrose]

44. Sorry, Me, just gave some Rocky guy your drum roll...

for spelling the name of the Chief of Staff correctly. The two Me's confused Me.

ME was running for HHS or something under the name of rocky and said he was reasonably bright and I mistook him for Me, who spelled the name right.

[Me.]

48. I'm Confused

Is it you or me? :evilgrin:

Read upthread, got it now

[fadedrose]

50. You (Me.) are confused because I was confused by ME

I think everything is under control now....

[Me.]

52. Glad Something Is

[HOLOS]

45. Great idea!

[Historic NY]

46. Don't tell us tell Obama......e-mail them. I did get to work Dr. Dean needs us & we him.

overwhelm the WH e-mail system.

[valerief]

47. Oh, yeah, Dr. Dean should make the scene! nt

[Marrah_G]

56. I would love to see this

I don't want to get my hopes up though!

(go Dean!)