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|Progressive/Socialist/Marxist philosophy combined with numerous public gaffes. Dean ran in the 2004 presidential elections.
|Progressive/Socialist/Marxist philosophy combined with numerous public gaffes. Dean ran in the 2004 presidential elections.
|Heavily promoted on MSNBC.
|Heavily promoted on MSNBC.
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|[[Bernie Sanders]]
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|Has pledged to "do whatever I can" to thwart compromise and thinks the President's legislative proposals are "an absolute disaster and an insult to the vast majority of the American people."
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|Genuine out-of-the-closet [[Socialist]], will need to formally register as a Democrat.
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|Has appeared on MSNBC.<ref>http://www.thestatecolumn.com/blog/2010/12/sen-bernie-sanders-issues-a-challenge-to-president-obama/</ref>
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|[[Dennis Kucinich]]
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|Outspoken critic of Obama's escalation of the War in Afghanistan, sellout of the public option and tax cuts for the rich.
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|Perennial favorite of special interests, particularly [[AFSCME]], lacks popular support and a wider appeal.