Once Upon a Time, Howard Dean was the governor of Vermont. He ran for president a few cycles back (2004) and was doing well until the infamous scream in Iowa. The young folks loved him, but it flattened his curve, and John Kerry went on to win the party nomination. Dean’s not been idle but hasn’t run for elective office since.
Vermont’s decline was predicted in the Dean era but has accelerated in recent years. What was a commitment to economic malaise has metastasized into committed ruin. Governor Phil Scott, a Republic up north but a Democrat anywhere else, couldn’t stop it if he tried so that might be a good theme for Dean as he ponders another shot at the job.
Might as well be an actual Democrat!
Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean could be considering a run for re-election this year.
Dean told NBC5 that he is currently thinking about another run for the state’s highest office.
Dean, a Democrat, could potentially face off against current Gov. Phil Scott.
Scott has not announced if he is running yet, but has said he is considering a run for a fifth term.
Dean, a physician and former DNC chairman, completed six terms as governor from 1991 to 2002. He made an unsuccessful bid for president in 2004, ultimately losing the Democratic Party nomination to John Kerry.
Were Dean to run and win, the Legislature could stop the pretentious torturing of the citizenry and deliver a killing blow with Dean’s giddy consent. A rejection of Dean, along with a shift in Statehouse power, would send a different message, but I’m not sure voters have it in them, even after the last few years.
I hope they do push back the progressive advance. Vermont is a beautiful state. If the Democrats keep control long enough, they’ll have de-beautified it with endless acres of wind and solar—which is the only way they could possibly hit their Green goals unless the plan is to make Vermont so expensive that it is covered by a gentrified gated progressive community that continues to outsource its “emissions” to third-world countries full of people they claim to defend.
