DNC Chair Candidates Focus on South

[Liberty Belle]

Jan 9, 8:53 AM (ET)

By HARRY R. WEBER


COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) - Seven candidates for chairman of the Democratic National Committee promised Saturday to address the concerns of Southern voters, saying they had learned the lessons of the past two elections.

"You want to know my Southern strategy, show up," said Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor who dropped out of the presidential race during last year's Democratic primaries.

Dean and the other candidates seeking to replace Terry McAuliffe as the face of the Democratic Party spoke before a Southern audience at the first of several regional caucuses to give Democratic Party officials a chance to hear from them.

"You can't compete in just 19 or 20 states," said former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb, another candidate for national party chairman. "You get better odds in Las Vegas than with that program."

full story:
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050109/D87GJEM80.html

[Pirate Smile]

1. They are replaying it on C-span for the second time right now.

[merh]

2. It's about damned time! n/t

[imenja]

3. Did anyone think they had much useful to say on how to win the South?

Other than Dean's basic point that we need to show up, and Frost's reminder that we should not forsake African-American voters in the pursuit of Southern white voters?

[Moderator]

4. duplicate topic, please discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1135436