So Howard Dean goes on Hardball today and points out that today's DFA poll shows that of all the people who voted for both Obama and Brown, three out of five voted for Brown because they had wanted a public option and of the Obama voters who stayed home, 80% wanted a public option. Here's what followed: Matthews: There's two facts on the table right now. The Democratic candidate was for the public option. She was very aggressive, very progressive. She was much more progressive than the president. She stuck to the line, "I want an individual mandate and I want a public option." Period. She said it right to the end and never broke from that. So she took the position you're advocating right now. The other guy said I'm going to kill it in its bed. The voters voted for the guy who said he was going to kill it. So the voters had a choice between the public option candidate and kill it and they voted to kill it. So how do you explain that? Dean: The voters were sending a message to Washington. They asked for change and they haven't gotten change... Matthews: But she said "I want to give you a public option" and they said no to her... Dean: They've had a year of dealing with every interst group, the banks ... Matthews: Governor, you're whistling past the graveyard here. She ran for the public option. Dean: Our polling shows what it shows. Matthews: But she's for the public option and got blown away. Dean: People who are for the public option ... Matthews: Why didn't they vote for the public option? Dean: because they wanted to send a message to Washington of real change ... Matthews: How about voting for a candidate who's more progressive. Wouldn't that have done it? Dean: You know voters as well as I do and the voters .... Matthews: I'm just saying that "I'm more progressive than the president, vote for me" and that was Martha Coakley's position and they said no. And the other guy comes along and says, forget about it all, I'm voting to kill it." Ok. He's calling himself Mr 41. This guy, Scott Brown is walking around signing his name, "Scott Brown 41" I'll be the 41st guy who votes for the filibuster. Dean: There are a lot of people outside Washington who don't thiunk that bill ought to pass because it's too watered down... Matthews: Not Martha Coakley...she was all the way for a pogressive, public option. Dean: You're being silly Chris because you know very well what voters do. Voters were sending a message to Washington: we don't want business as usual. That's what they were sending the message about. Matthews: How do you know that? Dean: Because we polled
Matthews: There's two facts on the table right now. The Democratic candidate was for the public option. She was very aggressive, very progressive. She was much more progressive than the president. She stuck to the line, "I want an individual mandate and I want a public option." Period. She said it right to the end and never broke from that. So she took the position you're advocating right now. The other guy said I'm going to kill it in its bed. The voters voted for the guy who said he was going to kill it. So the voters had a choice between the public option candidate and kill it and they voted to kill it. So how do you explain that? Dean: The voters were sending a message to Washington. They asked for change and they haven't gotten change... Matthews: But she said "I want to give you a public option" and they said no to her... Dean: They've had a year of dealing with every interst group, the banks ... Matthews: Governor, you're whistling past the graveyard here. She ran for the public option. Dean: Our polling shows what it shows. Matthews: But she's for the public option and got blown away. Dean: People who are for the public option ... Matthews: Why didn't they vote for the public option? Dean: because they wanted to send a message to Washington of real change ... Matthews: How about voting for a candidate who's more progressive. Wouldn't that have done it? Dean: You know voters as well as I do and the voters .... Matthews: I'm just saying that "I'm more progressive than the president, vote for me" and that was Martha Coakley's position and they said no. And the other guy comes along and says, forget about it all, I'm voting to kill it." Ok. He's calling himself Mr 41. This guy, Scott Brown is walking around signing his name, "Scott Brown 41" I'll be the 41st guy who votes for the filibuster. Dean: There are a lot of people outside Washington who don't thiunk that bill ought to pass because it's too watered down... Matthews: Not Martha Coakley...she was all the way for a pogressive, public option. Dean: You're being silly Chris because you know very well what voters do. Voters were sending a message to Washington: we don't want business as usual. That's what they were sending the message about. Matthews: How do you know that? Dean: Because we polled
