Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150816:14:05:00
2000, who mounted his own bid for the top of the ticket in 2004. and early on, he was the front runner in the polls based largely on name recognition and a campaign season not really yet under way. lieberman's closest rivals were the establishment candidates, congressman dick gephart of missouri and massachusetts senator john kerry. but then something happened in the summer of 2003. former governor howard dean began to surge. fueled by internet fundraising and popular rhetoric, dean became the highest standing of democrats. before the year was over, he seemed soon to win the nomination. al gor...