Dean: ‘People Who Blame Others Are Losers’

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Former DNC Chair Howard Dean told Rachel Maddow on MSNBC moments ago that Democrats aren’t necessarily to blame for what seems like a likely loss in today’s special senate election in Massachusetts.

“I certainly don’t think it’s a referendum on President Obama,” Dean said.

Maddow seemed to be surprised that Dean wasn’t blaming Democrats for the Massachusetts race. “You’re the only Democrat in politics right now who’s saying anything like that,” she said. “Democrats formed a circular firing squad over this election.”

Maddow also called it “an incredible breakdown in party discipline.”

Dean agreed, and suggested a new direction: “This is not the time for pointing the blame.”

People who blame others are losers. If you want to win elections, you stop blaming and get to work.

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