STATE CHAIRS STRONGLY ENDORSE DEAN FOR DNC

[WilliamPitt]

http://truthout.org/fyi

[shoelace414]

1. the RW commentators are

trying to say how Dean would be a horriable choice, and will end the democratic party.

[JaneQPublic]

5. If so, why do they look so worried when they say that? (nt)

[blm]

8. Yeah, well, they all SAY Bush is strong on terror, but we know he ENABLES

terror. He's the best friend terrorists ever had.

Keep reminding the rightwing pundits that George Bush is on the record as saying he supports civil unions. If they want to call Dean a far lefty because of signing a civil unions bill, bombard them with Bush's words.

[Mountainman]

26. Does anything that resembeles the truth come from RW commentators

anymore?

[Knight of Ni]

46. The greatest trick the right wing media ever pulled...

...was convincing Americans it didn't exist.

Just the other day I happened to hear O'Reilly mention a poll that showed that the majority of reporters were liberal. He's obscuring the point completely.

Even if all the reporters are liberal, what about the editors or owners they work for? guys like Rupert Murdoch or Richard Mellon Scaife? THEY'RE the ones that run the show, not the reporters.

It's like saying apartheid-era South Africa was predominantly controlled by black people just because black people constituted the vast majority of the population. We know that was definitely NOT the case.

[paineinthearse]

37. They are right

It will end the party as they know it. A welcome changing of the guard.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

40. As if our enemies are really giving us good advice on how to beat them.

I mean, why in the fuck would we ever listen to them?

[Knight of Ni]

45. Novakula is already in on the act

http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak31.html

[go west young man]

51. Thanks for the link!

I just sent the editor there a list of reasons to ditch Novak. God that guy makes my skin crawl. Bottomdwelling crustacean.

[mzmolly]

60. More proof he's EXACTLY what we need!

:toast:

[calimary]

85. Remember how they targeted Dean during the campaign

doing and saying and insinuating EVERYTHING they could to mind-fuck Democrats into thinking Dean would be death.

Remember how kkkarl rove used reverse psychology on us during that one Dean rally for which he personally turned out. Remember how he was out on the sidewalk with the rally people, shouting - YEAH! DEAN! - VERY likely to manipulate people's thinking and fears. He WANTED us to think - "uh-oh - if rove wants him, that must mean he's toast already. They're playing with our heads. rove wants him because rove knows they can beat him - easier mark for his own schmuck to take down." Yeah, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

He WANTED us to think that. It's probably in the talking points being blast-faxed to every wrong-winger within farting distance of some microphone. Mind-fuck 'em on Dean. So....... we gonna take THEIR advice, or follow our own gut for a change? Should we REALLY let THE ENEMY (and make NO mistake - they ARE the ENEMY) advise us what to do? PLEASE consider: if YOU were scheming to mind-fuck THEM, what would YOU be doing at the moment?

[bunkerbuster1]

68. That's always a good sign.

Let those fzckers hate Dean as much as we hate Rove.

[Rowdyboy]

2. Woah!

Is this enormous news or what? Infreakingcredible.

[Adelante]

3. 56 out of 96

How is the total vote shaking out at this point, do you know?

[WilliamPitt]

4. It's a wipeout

The closest competition got 21 votes.

[ClarkUSA]

6. Are the 440 members also spoken for? Is that on Feb. 12?

The balloting system seems complicated. Does this mean it's over or could there be surprises?

[goodhue]

10. These were not ballots for DNC chair per se.

These were votes for the Association of State Democratic Chairs to endorse. They are members of the DNC, and will vote for DNC chair on Feb 12, along with all of the DNC members.

[Adelante]

7. Yeah, this is

How does it fit into the other three hundred plus voting members' sentiments, as far as you can judge?

[no name no slogan]

11. From what I've heard among higher-ups in my state's party

Dean has about 70% of the total going into this thing. I heard this directly from a high-ranking officer in my state's party leadership.

Take this as you will, but IMHO it's Dean's to lose...

[Adelante]

12. That is HUGE, thanks nt

[valis]

16. I hope so!!! But I cannot forget how good things seemed before Iowa

Not being an insider I just don't know what to think... I hope Dean wins.

[ScreamingMeemie]

21. As they said on Air America today, the grassroots are shouting too

loudly to be drowned out this time. Anything vaguely Iowan in appearance would cause immediate uproar and disenchantment of the base. :hi:

[The_Counsel]

47. "It's Dean's To Lose..."

I know I'm gonna be smacked in the mouth for this, but wasn't the Democratic Presidential nomination "Dean's to lose" at some point? I'm just sayin'...

Before you guys start throwin' those rotten tomatoes, let me point out that I supported Dean in '03/'04, and still do today. I'm just saying let this thing play out first. Speculation has never helped...

[brainshrub]

9. Happy day! Happy day!

[janx]

13. Thanks!

:hi:

But there's still time to write some letters. I hope to write Mayor Webb and thank and congratulate him.

Can you imagine what will happen in the Dem party if this works?

Edit:

[Tom Rinaldo]

14. Yes. It oculd be a real turning point. Not a second too soon n/t

[MissB]

24. That is just the sweetest picture.

Ever.

Kid kissing politician.

[Peak_Oil]

36. I just saw that picture and smiled.

Dude, where's my country? Oh, Dean's getting it back for us! Wooo hooooo!

Pendulum, you may now begin to swing.

[Lugnut]

54. Awwwwwwwww!

That picture is just beautiful. :)

[valis]

15. That is good news... I have good vibes about this...

[WI_DEM]

17. Good News. It's interesting but Dean may come out of this as

one of the few Democratic winners of the '04 election. I hope the party will accept him and all work together so that we can have something to celebrate in 2006 and 2008.

[MikeG]

18. Yeeeeaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ProudToBeLiberal]

25. I second that yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhh

nt

[ktowntennesseedem]

69. Scream it!!! Someone sure needs to scream at the DLC.

Can't think of anyone better for the task than Dean.

Is he controversial? Of course he is, and that's "just-what-the-doctor-ordered" to shake up that bunch of old farts.

Go, Dean, Go!!!

[Me.]

19. Good!

Time this party started showing some sense. Thanks for the heads up WilliamPitt.

[WilliamPitt]

20. .

[TexasSissy]

22. This looks like a done deal, then? n/t

[sendero]

23. Finally..

.... some good news :)

[deacon]

27. I like dean, at least we know we will have a steadfast dem and not some

bush lite character.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

28. kick

[paineinthearse]

29. Phil Johnson, Massachusetts State Committee Chair

I am a town committee chair. Just received from Phil Johnson:

"Hi folks, You should know that I am actively helping Howard Dean and that I voted for him today as we were successful in obtaining the endorsement of the state Chairs. I am confident that Howard will be elected on Feb. 12 with the support of 8 of the 9 Mass. DNC members. Thank you for all that you do for the Democratic Party!
Phil Johnston"

[ProudToBeLiberal]

31. woot awesome :)

[paineinthearse]

33. Kennedy blesses Dean

http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=66196

Bay State's workhorse still at it
Ted-led Bay State taps Dean for DNC
Boston Herald, MA - 31 minutes ago
By Ann E. Donlan
Tuesday, February 1, 2005

State party leaders - including Massachusetts Democrats with the blessing of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy - are backing Howard Dean to chair the Democratic National Committee, giving him an edge to win the election in two weeks.

Bay State party Chairman Philip Johnston said yesterday, ``I make up my own mind about these things, but certainly Sen. Kennedy has a great amount of influence on me.''

The former Vermont governor and presidential candidate's grassroots style would lend more support to state party committees, meaning the national committee would pump cash into campaigns for Bay State Democrats.

``In my four years as state chairman, I haven't received one dime from the national party,'' said Johnston, who also credits Dean with the ability to attract younger voters into the party's ranks.

Johnston said Sen. John F. Kerry is aware of his support for his former presidential primary foe, adding that Dean has ``publicly stated repeatedly that he will not run for president in '08 if he is chairman of the party.''

Johnston picked Dean over six other contenders, including former U.S. Reps. Martin Frost of Texas and Timothy J. Roemer of Indiana. Dean rival Wellington Webb, former mayor of Denver, dropped out and is now backing Dean.

The Association of State Democratic Chairs also endorsed Dean.

[marcologico]

35. I heard Kennedy talk about Dean last week and he said exactly what Kerry

said yesterday: that Dean would make a fine chair, as would any of the others. This "blessing" sounds like wishful window dressing.

[TeacherCreature]

49. I think most of the party would love to get rid of blood suckers like Reed

and From. They probably hope Dean will get rid of the leeches in the DLC and give the party back it's life.
In that case I do believe Dean is a blessing.

[RetroLounge]

61. Hey, it only took you 35 posts to try to piss on Dean.

Too bad, so sad, get used to it.

Dean will be DNC Chair.

RL

[lojasmo]

83. link? quotation? proof? I imagine that's too much to expect. EOM

[lojasmo]

82. MN DNC delegation will unanimously support Dean. Confirmed. EOM

[paineinthearse]

48. Mass vice-chair will vote for Dean

"Thank you for sharing your views. I'm a member of the Association of State Democratic Chairs and made a commitment to vote for the candidate endorsed by that body. Today Howard Dean was given that endorsement and true to my word, I will be voting for Governor Dean on February 12th at the DNC meeting. I hope you are all well and warm in the middle of this cold spell.
As always,
Deb Kozikowski, Vice Chair
Massachusetts Democratic Party"

[marcologico]

30. This story sounds familiar. First a straw poll, then an election, and then

Yeeeeaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ProudToBeLiberal]

32. I'm with you man

we can win this. And then it's reform time baby yeeeeeeaaarrrrrghhhhhhh

[marcologico]

34. That's not exactly what I meant, but I hope it all turns out like you

think it will. Let's just say I'm not optimistic.

[RogueTrooper]

42. Can't get any worse

At least this way we will stop taking the advice of the Saruman Democrats. It will be nice to wake up, after another election, without our asses handed to us.

[mistertrickster]

72. Damn right . . . if we must lose, let it be standing up for what we truly

believe, not for fence-sitting and "triangulating."

[TLM]

43. God forbid we have a dem with passion...

Yeah we need someone like Kerry who couldn't raise his voice above a monotonous drone if he wanted to. You could slap Kerry in the face with a sack full of dog shit and he wouldn't know what to say unless he had 14 pollsters triple check it, then write him a 4 page script to express his righteous indignation.

[googly]

38. The DNC is simply taking Dean out of the presidential race by

making him DNC chair. They are still afraid of Dean running
for president. Now why would the repugs be criticizing his
nomination to any position, unless, it is bad for THEM?

I am not afraid to say that our party made a huge blunder in
nominating Kerry over Dean. As soon as the swifties came out
with their ads, Kerry was dead in the water. Dean had no such
baloons to be pin pricked.

[lancdem]

50. Dean's the one who made the decision to run for chair

Looks like he wants to be taken out of the presidential race. Maybe he thinks he can make a bigger difference being DNC chair. It's not a figurehead post. He'll have some serious responsibility. Isn't that a good thing?

[Larkspur]

52. Dean said before he entered the DNC Chair race that the Dem Party is a

mess and the state the Party is in, he didn't think any Dem would win the Prez battle in 2008 if the Party was not reformed from the grassroots up. He also said that if the Party was still a mess in 2 years he wouldn't run for Prez, even if he wasn't DNC Chair.

And in regards to Kerry trying again, well, I'm sure he'll squander the $10 million he has left over, just like he did the $2-3 million he started the 2004 Primary race with. Kerry has no charisma and he lost to Dimson when he should have defeated him.

[googly]

56. You speak the truth, my friend. n/t

[googly]

55. I am 100% behind Dean, whatever he decides and wants n/t

[Just Me]

39. If anyone doubts that Dean is an advocate for "the people",...

,...they are NOT "real".

I WANT BACK the theory of democracy!!!

Dean respects democracy.

I know no other who has energized that "freedom" to reincarnate democracy,...as Dean.

We are what is left of that which is NOT fooled all of the time.

[flaminbats]

41. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO state chairs!!

:headbang:

[melissinha]

44. YAY!

Its about time we focus on building and with SuperDean we can really work on the necessary grassroots work.

Just goes to show ya the commitment Dean really has to the party and the country, doesn't it?

I have complete confidence in him. Maybe he can turn around the fame of the horrid "the roar" into a more tame "battle chant" that we need.

[paineinthearse]

53. Are we watching from the sideline?

I get the sense that most here are observers of political events, posting thoughts but doing little else. With respect to the DNC chair, have you personally contacted your state members of the DNC and/or your "super delegates" (representatives and senators)?

How many members are actively involved in your local party committee, or groups such as

PROGRESSIVES DEMOCRATS of AMERICA - http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/home/

DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICA - http://www.democracyforamerica.com/

DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE - http://www.dccc.org/

or even do something as simple as call in to CSPAN Journal?

[Ramsey]

58. Thanks for the links, but...

Your assumptions couldn't be more erroneous. The majority of people here on DU are extremely active in local, state and national politics, and many worked for one of the local or national campaigns in the last 2 elections cycles, if not their entire lives.

Not to mention that DU itself acts as an activist clearing house for myriads of letter writing campaigns, phone call campaigns, organizing protests and other political gatherings, and related activities. We have a whole forum on progressive living and another whole forum on organizing political actions.

So, please give credit where it's due. Most of us on DU man our keyboards, phones, faxes and even our streets and neighborhoods on a regular basis.

[paineinthearse]

63. Not meant in a disparaging way...

....just seems I see so many pleading posts like "somebody should...". Too few like "this is the action I have taken". More power to us, we're all in this toghether!

[KissMeKate]

67. good call- getting involved is a good thing. eom.

[InvisibleTouch]

57. Rooting for Dr. Dean - again!

Isn't this where I came in, about a year ago? :)

[BlueInRed]

59. And labor (AFL-CIO) has decided not to endorse anyone

Frost had really hoped for labor's endorsement, but it appears they aren't taking sides as a big group.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=536&e=6&u=/ap/20050201/ap_on_re_us/democrats_chair

<snip>AFL-CIO leaders decided Tuesday not to make an endorsement in the race for Democratic National Committee (news - web sites) chairman, a move that could make it harder for any of Howard Dean (news - web sites)'s rivals to stop his push for the party leadership.

"The AFL-CIO political committee decided Tuesday not to make an endorsement for DNC chair," said Christy Setzer, a spokeswoman for the labor group.<snip>

[KissMeKate]

66. when the people lead, the leaders follow! eom.

[ps1074]

62. Will, how will your father vote?

:)

[Skidmore]

64. Go, Howie!!!

My DEAN 04 sign is still in my window at home right next to my Kerry/Edwards 04 sign.

[Larkspur]

71. I never took my "Dean for America" lawn sign down and I never put up

a Kerry/Edwards sign.

Go Dean!

[saracat]

73. That isn't something to be proud of. Dean endorsed Kerry.

And BTW, I supported Dean for chair so consider that before you flame me. I just think boasting about lack of support for our nominee is inappropriate.

[Larkspur]

75. After Dean dropped out of the Primary, I turned ABB

I voted for Kerry but refused to donate $ and time to his campaign and I'm very glad that I made that decision.

[saracat]

76. Again, nothing to be proud of. A little more time and effort from

some ABBers and we might not be where we are . Thank god I know I did everything I could for our nominee.

[pazarus]

77. I'm with you saracat

if theres one thing the party doesn't need its people picking and choosing which leaders within the party they will support. Support ideas as they come, but accept leaders within the party. Think how many people disagree with Dean, and imagine they all do their own thing and refuse to follow his direction if he becomes chair. Its thinking like that that has splintered this party and weakened us.

I have reservations about Dean as chair, but if he wins you damn well better believe i'll support his efforts.

[CWebster]

81. Don't expect me to be goose-stepping behind Hillary

Kerry got my vote, but that is the LAST TIME I buy into the ABB style rallying call.

[lwin]

78. And you wonder why some Dean supporters are considered whackos..

You PROUDLY refused to get off your ass and support the candidate running against Bush. That's brilliant.

Really.

Tell me something, how many toes did you have left after you finished shooting yourself in the foot a couple dozen times?

[Debi]

65. This is embarrassing....

Only one of Iowa's 9 votes are committed to Dean.

What the hell is wrong with these people?

Oh, if only I were on the DNC Committee!!

You'd have my vote Dr. Dean!!

[saracat]

74. Well, then we know Iowa wasn't rigged!

:)

[CWebster]

80. They are probaly afraid he will take their first primary status away

Maybe they feel they deserve some just deserts.

[Padraig18]

70. Yessssssssssssssssssssssssss!

:D:bounce::D:bounce::D:bounce::D:bounce::D:bounce::D:bounce::D:bounce::D:bounce::D:bounce::D:bounce:

[GalleryGod]

79. I Was for Kerry; I'm for Dean.

"Why Not the Best?"
The Coroporate Media Shills will try to marginalize him, but, you know what? As DNC Chair-you'll HAVE to have him on the talk shows.

A DR. as our leader in the midst of this Social Security/Healthcare Bullshit Barrage:puke:

I'll Take It!:bounce:

Kick Ass, Doc!:spank:

[cilla4progress]

84. Mix it up, Baby!

This is EXACTLY what the Dem party and the nation need! I am so "siked." Was not for Dean initially (Kucinich was my man! Then Edwards, cuz I thought he could win; I subscribe to the Southern-intellectual-liberal-as-vote-getter theory, in the likeness of Carter, Clinton.)

Anyway, it says a lot to me that the Dems are willing to go outside the box, grassroots, progressive (neo-liberal?) in their approach to leadership and winning elections; they see and acknowledge this constitutency. It shows the party's currency and relevance. Dean is able to articulate that intersection of the red states' interests (affordable health care, good schools for our kids, healthy environment) with more traditional "liberal" values (pro-choice, progressive taxation, anti-war).

I'm very energized by this - I KNEW (hoped) something positive would come out of the 2004 Pres election fiasco - this is IT!! I hope this Dean win can grab the headlines away from Bush's State of the Union tonight.

Also, BTW, I am a newly appointed PCO (precinct committee organizer) for the Dem party in my area. What a great time for me, a nonconformist curmudgeon, to join the party!