Democrats see unified party for November

[ringmastery]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/09/politics/campaign/09CAMP.html?ex=1076907600&en=3a9d2202c289a128&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

NASHVILLE, Feb. 8 — Democratic leaders, once fearful that their presidential nominee would inherit a demoralized and divided party, said Sunday that Democrats now seemed poised to nominate a candidate who had escaped damage from internal battling and enjoyed broad support from all factions of the party.

With Senator John Kerry's lopsided victories this weekend in Michigan, Washington and Maine, states that were once considered the heart of Howard Dean's support, many Democrats said Mr. Kerry could become one of the party's earliest nominees in memory. Some Democratic leaders had openly worried that if Dr. Dean lost the nomination, after being perceived as having it all but locked up, the eventual nominee would have to revive a broken party.

"There is unity within our party; they are not going after each other," said Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic national chairman, in an assessment that was echoed in the camps of Mr. Kerry's rivals. Mr. McAuliffe took care not to proclaim any winner in the race but said he expected the contest to be resolved within weeks, saying that would be "a great result."

Art Torres, the California Democratic Party chairman, said in an interview on Sunday that in a career dating to working for Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, he had never seen "a party more unified proceeding through the primary season." Mr. Torres said that development made him increasingly hopeful about his party's prospects in November.

"That's what Democrats are being smart about now: coalescing around a candidate that has electability, that has gravitas," said Mr. Torres, who has not endorsed a candidate. "The issue is to defeat George Bush and put America back on track."

Despite the rallying around Mr. Kerry, the senator has at least a little way to go before he wins the nomination, including primaries on Tuesday here and in Virginia, where Senator John Edwards of North Carolina and Gen. Wesley K. Clark are making intense efforts to head off a first Kerry victory in a Southern state. And Dr. Dean has pumped his remaining resources into Wisconsin, where Democrats vote Feb. 17.

[BruinAlum]

1. Very uplifting article

[wyldwolf]

2. ...and with the special guidlines related to the 2004 election here at DU

If WE aren't unified, it will still be a lot quieter here.

[JNelson6563]

3. The nation is unified

at least to a degree it hasn't been in a long time.

At our caucus on Saturday, as membershp chair to my local party, I signed up 72 new members. Not one of them cited their candidate as the reason they are joining/getting involved. Many "nevers" listed like never voted in a caucus, never joined a party before, never got involved before and on and on it went. All gave the same reason.

Bush.

He's great for business at the membership desk. At least he's good for something. ;-)

Julie

[Egnever]

4. LOL

Thats funny stuff!

I find it incredibly amusing these people take bush hatred for party unity even going so far as to ascribe that unity to kerry as a candidate.

Now I have to clean my keyboard after spitting my soda out through my nose when reading this propaganda.

[Skwmom]

5. Considering the track record

for losing elections under old Terry I'm not surprised that once again the man is clueless.

[blm]

6. Peace, prosperity and democracy, here we come.

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