Dean hostage taker – NorthCoastBlog.com https://www.northcoastblog.com Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:29:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.14 Ezra Klein blasts Howard Dean and rebuts one of his objections https://www.northcoastblog.com/2009/12/17/ezra-klein-blasts-howard-dean-and-rebuts-one-of-his-objections/ Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:29:16 +0000 https://www.northcoastblog.com/?p=1546 Ezra Klein has it right – Howard Dean has become a “hostage-taker” in the process, threatening to blow everything up on one or two points. How does this make Dean any different from Joe Lieberman?

Klein also goes on to explain the prudent purchasers language in the bill and why it should be sufficient. As Dean acknowledged, this was John Kerry’s issue, and Kerry is very happy with the language.

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