https://benspolitik.substack.com/p/dean-phillips-announces-long-shot

#DeanPhillips announces long-shot presidential campaign to oust #Biden
A compelling candidate ahead of his time?

BENJI'S BYTES
OCT 28, 2023

..."He challenged and succeeded in flipping a long-held Republican congressional district in 2018 and his bipartisan approach has ranked him highly in Congress.

Phillips' motivation for the challenge stems from concerns about Biden's potential inability to win a general election rematch against Donald Trump.

His criticism has also extended to policy areas, highlighting rising domestic costs and suggesting a redirection of foreign aid packages to alleviate domestic issues.

He is placing an emphasis on the economy, border security, and a call for generational change.
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Recent polling indicates significant concerns about Biden's age among Democratic voters, with a sizable percentage preferring an alternate nominee. However, Phillips' chances against the well-funded and supported Biden are deemed minimal, though not entirely impossible."...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/12/03/dean-phillips-challenge-biden-moderate-message/71721833007/

#DeanPhillips past and present: What you need to know about Biden's primary challenger
Karissa Waddick
USA TODAY

..."Since launching his longshot #presidential bid in October, Phillips has sought to woo moderate and liberal voters unsatisfied with Biden’s achievements and uneasy about the slate of GOP 2024 hopefuls. And he’s attempted to do it with a blend of business-minded savvy and pragmatic moderatism.

Much like the Putting Dean to Work series, the approach heavily draws from Phillips' past as a serial entrepreneur and three-term U.S. representative. Here’s a deeper look at those experiences and how they have impacted the 54-year-old’s perspective on the presidential campaign trail.
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The idea that “good ideas come from everybody” has influenced his consensus-building mindset and belief that issues are “never black and white,” Phillips said.

When it comes to the economy, for instance, he argued he would push for both “pro-business and pro-labor” policies, though has not yet released specifics on what such plans would include.

“This notion that we can’t be pro-business and pro-labor is kind of sad because we can and should,” he said. “A lot of small businesses really struggle, and their employees are struggling to win. Everybody’s just trying to make it work.”
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Unlike Lincoln’s Cabinet, which was composed of leaders of different Republican factions, Phillips has said, his would include leaders from across the political spectrum – conservative to progressive – to “ensure that there are people of multiple perspectives that represent multiple communities.”...

Campaign 2024
Dean Phillips Holds Town Hall at New England College
2024 Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) met with voters at a town hall hosted by New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire. He first delivered his stump speech, talking about his first 10 days on the campaign trail since declaring his challenge to President Biden for the party’s 2024 presidential nomination. After that, he took questions from the audience on a variety of topics, many of them coming from New England College students.
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https://www.c-span.org/video/?531816-1/dean-phillips-holds-town-hall-england-college