Howard Dean on 2020: 'I like everybody,' 'I'm not putting my finger on the scale'

Former Gov. Howard Dean (D-Vt.), a 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, said he likes every candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential field and he's not putting his "finger on the scale" by supporting one over the others at this point in the race.

"It's much too early to tell," Dean said in an interview in Washington before last week's Nevada caucuses. "We've been through two primaries so we have no idea what the status of the race is despite the fact that everybody feels like they have to write about it every day."

On the possibility of Democrats having a brokered convention, Dean said, "We always have this talk at this time. The last time it happened was 1952, so, you know, I mean this is my 11th one of these. So we'll see, but I think you can't make any judgements about what's going to happen until at least the week after Super Tuesday and then we're really going to find out who is in this and who isn't."

Dean was asked if he thinks former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg entered the race too late to win the nomination.

"We're going to find out," he replied.

When asked about his choice for president in the Democratic field, Dean said, "I like everybody because I'm doing a big data project, which is going to benefit whoever wins. I'm not putting my finger on the scale."

Dean, also a former Democratic National Committee chairman, was referring to a national voter database he is compiling for the Democratic Party.