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Howard Dean interview - Michel Martin/NPR
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/22/nx-s1-5047985/with-the-convention-nearing-democrats-need-a-new-ticket-to-confront-trump(6 min. audio, transcript, at link)
With the convention nearing, Democrats need a new ticket to confront Trump
JULY 22, 2024 3:36 AM ET
HEARD ON MORNING EDITION
Michel Martin
With Biden out of the race, NPR's Michel Martin asks former Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean what Democrats need to achieve before their nominating convention next month.
[...]
DEAN: Well, you know, presidents change nominees now. So, you know, I think this is very sad. I think Biden's had possibly the best domestic term of any president since Lyndon Johnson. It's just extraordinary, and he did the right thing. The issue - you know, politics just isn't fair. I think he could have made it through the next four years and served us well, but the truth is he probably couldn't get elected. Sometimes it's like the scream speech with me. Sometimes when something happens like that, it may not be fair, but that's what you got to live with. And Joe did the right thing for the country.
MARTIN: If you were the party chair now, how would you structure this process over the next few weeks leading up to the convention to minimize what you call, like, the ugliness that you sort of foresaw?
DEAN: I think we're focusing on the wrong thing. We've already had virtually every potential viable candidate say they're not going to run and they support Kamala Harris, so now we're going to get down to the vanity candidates who may want to run. And that's fine, and they'll get a few delegates at the convention. But it looks like everything is going to line up behind Kamala Harris.
[...]
JULY 22, 2024 3:36 AM ET
HEARD ON MORNING EDITION
Michel Martin
With Biden out of the race, NPR's Michel Martin asks former Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean what Democrats need to achieve before their nominating convention next month.
[...]
DEAN: Well, you know, presidents change nominees now. So, you know, I think this is very sad. I think Biden's had possibly the best domestic term of any president since Lyndon Johnson. It's just extraordinary, and he did the right thing. The issue - you know, politics just isn't fair. I think he could have made it through the next four years and served us well, but the truth is he probably couldn't get elected. Sometimes it's like the scream speech with me. Sometimes when something happens like that, it may not be fair, but that's what you got to live with. And Joe did the right thing for the country.
MARTIN: If you were the party chair now, how would you structure this process over the next few weeks leading up to the convention to minimize what you call, like, the ugliness that you sort of foresaw?
DEAN: I think we're focusing on the wrong thing. We've already had virtually every potential viable candidate say they're not going to run and they support Kamala Harris, so now we're going to get down to the vanity candidates who may want to run. And that's fine, and they'll get a few delegates at the convention. But it looks like everything is going to line up behind Kamala Harris.
[...]