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HARDtalk: Howard Dean, former Democratic Party Chairman

07/10/2010

Howard Dean, former Democratic Party Chairman

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Stephen Sackur talks to Howard Dean, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Stephen Sackur talks to Howard Dean, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and asks if the Democrats can turn things around.

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In a month's time, Americans will go to the polls in the midterm elections and if current polling is correct, the Republicans should win control of the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate. If they do, it would slam the brakes on President Obama's legislative agenda. 

Howard Dean is a former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and is now helping the party's fundraising effort for the midterms. Can the Democrats turn things around? He talks to Stephen Sackur.

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