Howard Dean on CNN - SUPERDELEGATES: “I need them to say who they’re for starting now.”

[truthpusher]

Dean: I need a decision 'now'

(CNN)— An increasingly firm Howard Dean told CNN again Thursday that he needs superdelegates to say who they’re for – and “I need them to say who they’re for starting now.”

“We cannot give up two or three months of active campaigning and healing time,” the Democratic National Committee Chairman told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “We’ve got to know who our nominee is.”

After facing criticism for a mostly hands-off leadership style during much of the primary season, Dean has been steadily raising the rhetorical pressure on superdelegates. He said Thursday that roughly 65 percent of them have made their preference plain, but that more than 300 have yet to make up their minds.

The national party chair, who has remained neutral throughout the primary process, said again it’s his job to make sure both candidates feel they are treated fairly – but not to tell either of them when to end their run.

[DJ13]

1. He said the same thing an hour ago on Bloomberg TV

Paraphrasing, he said "we dont need John McCain campaigning for 7 months unopposed while our candidate only gets two months after the convention".

[orleans]

2. i'd like to know also. but are we already getting behind the

republikas in the final match up?

i doubt it.

[RB TexLa]

3. They don't have to and the chair of the DNC has no business trying to pressure them into doing so.

They only have to state their preference when they vote and are not required to do so anytime before.

[otohara]

4. I'm Calling Marc Udall Tomorrow

he's holding out for reasons unknown, Christ the entire town of Boulder voted for Obama.