I'm interested in getting John Kerry elected President. And then I'm interested in doing whatever I can to see that Democrats retain Democratic values. And the thing I'm most interested in is health insurance for everybody. We're the only country in the industrialized world that doesn't have that, and we need that.

How much courage does it take for Dean to throw red meat to the party faithful?

I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks.

What I usually do is tell funny stories from the road, many of which are, of course, unprintable. But I don't actually have a joke. I don't tell jokes much. I tell little stories.

The status quo helps liberals. We're going to change the country.

I think with a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, you can't play, you know, hide the salami, or whatever it's called.

That's one of the things about the Tea Party people. They think corporations have too much influence in American life and they do.