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Dean says Gore lost him the nomination
By Christopher Graff
Associated Press
South Burlington, Vt. — In Howard Dean's assessment of his White House campaign, the beginning of the end came with the endorsement from former Vice President Al Gore.
Dean believes the nod from the man who lost — some contend was robbed of — the 2000 election was so potent it galvanized his rivals.
"Everyone figured, including Bill Clinton, that we were going to win the whole thing when that happened," Dean recalled in an interview with The Associated Press. "They figured that was it. The other five guys started having meetings about how to take us down after that happened."
Dean took responsibility for every action that led to the failed candidacy.
The former Vermont governor wished he had had better debate preparation and more media training. Members of his campaign staff were spread too thin, he said.
Dean believes he should have asked his wife, Judy, to join him on the campaign trail sooner.
"She was a huge hit," he said. "We got all these wonderful letters afterward."
Major missteps that turned Dean from front-runner before the Iowa caucuses to a distant third are readily ticked off.
"Kerry pulled himself together to do a good job in Iowa and he should be given credit for it," Dean said. "Secondly, we peaked too early and gave everybody an opportunity to go after us.
"Third of all, because I started out from so far behind, we never really had the money, and then we didn't have the time, to build the kind of infrastructure you need to sustain you through a campaign the whole way."
Dean says Gore lost him the nomination
By Christopher Graff
Associated Press
South Burlington, Vt. — In Howard Dean's assessment of his White House campaign, the beginning of the end came with the endorsement from former Vice President Al Gore.
Dean believes the nod from the man who lost — some contend was robbed of — the 2000 election was so potent it galvanized his rivals.
"Everyone figured, including Bill Clinton, that we were going to win the whole thing when that happened," Dean recalled in an interview with The Associated Press. "They figured that was it. The other five guys started having meetings about how to take us down after that happened."
Dean took responsibility for every action that led to the failed candidacy.
The former Vermont governor wished he had had better debate preparation and more media training. Members of his campaign staff were spread too thin, he said.
Dean believes he should have asked his wife, Judy, to join him on the campaign trail sooner.
"She was a huge hit," he said. "We got all these wonderful letters afterward."
Major missteps that turned Dean from front-runner before the Iowa caucuses to a distant third are readily ticked off.
"Kerry pulled himself together to do a good job in Iowa and he should be given credit for it," Dean said. "Secondly, we peaked too early and gave everybody an opportunity to go after us.
"Third of all, because I started out from so far behind, we never really had the money, and then we didn't have the time, to build the kind of infrastructure you need to sustain you through a campaign the whole way."
