DNC Chairman Howard Dean On John McCain

   Chairman Dean made the rounds of a couple of the Sunday talk shows and he shared a few views of his on McCain and a few other topics of interest

BroadcastNewsroom:

ON SENATOR MCCAIN:

"We're going to beat John McCain. He's totally unsuited at this particular time to be president. He's wrong on the war in Iraq, wrong on the economy, wrong on health care." [ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, 3/9/08]

ON KEEPING THE PARTY UNITED:

"We will beat John McCain if we're united and, in order to be united, the loser of the race has to feel like they've been treated fairly within the rules. That's how you keep the party united. So that's the number one thing. We will follow the rules. Both parties, both Michigan and Florida, have an opportunity to either have some sort of process that is within the rules or simply appeal to the credentials committee. But we are going to follow the rules that were voted on by all 50 state a year and a half ago." [CBS's Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer, 3/9/08]

ON THE ILLINOIS 14TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT:

"There was a huge election yesterday in Illinois where we took Denny Hastert's seat back...This is going to be a Democratic year. If we can take Denny Hastert's seat back in Congress, you know people really want a change." [ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, 3/9/08]

ON THE STRENGTH OF OUR PARTY:

"I'm very optimistic. I know the cable TV set wrings their hands, and the inside the beltway set talks about all the problems we have. What about the several tens of millions of people who have voted in this primary? People are so excited in Texas and Ohio. I had somebody from Texas yesterday tell me they thought this was the beginning of the rekindling of the Democratic Party in Texas because of what happened down there in terms of the turnout. So I look at this as a very good primary system so far for Democrats." [ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, 3/9/08]

ON FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN:

"Everyone, including me and I think both candidates, wants to find a way to seat Florida and Michigan, but is has to be done in such a way that you don't change the rules in the middle of the game." [CBS's Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer, 3/9/08] 

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