I'M A DEANIAC.

[janx]

Always have been, always will be. Tell me what your opinions are about the upcoming presidential race. It's early...granted.

[hippiechick]

1. Fellow Deaniac checking in!

I love what the Good Dr has done for the grassroots, and while I'd love to see what he can do in the Oval Office, I'm putting my money and hopes (and sweat and door-knocking skills if necessary) on Al Gore. It's his turn, and he's been proven right every day of the last 6 years in ever bubkis thing Dimson has done.

:)

[tblue]

2. Clarkie here. But I love the good Doctor, too.

[janx]

11. That's not unusual.

;-)

[Tom Rinaldo]

25. Not at all unusual. Me too. Dean is the first DNC Chair who I really believe in n/t

[tblue]

30. I can't even remember the past ones. Except Terry (gag me) McAuliffe.

[janx]

32. This is no surprise to me, Tom, but the really good thing is

that the primaries, this time, are going to be as fair as can be reasonably expected. I'm confident of that.

[janx]

3. We can only hope Al Gore will accept the challenge.

If he does, he'll win it. The Democratic party is going through some changes though, and some of the old guard are NOT PLEASED.

[Contrite]

4. Once a Deaniac, always a Deaniac

He's the one you just can't give up. Dean's followers are loyal. God, I wish he'd run again.

[janx]

6. He doesn't have to.

He has challenged the Democratic party to work hard via democratic principles. This is great!

[Contrite]

10. Yes, he is leading by example, that is true.

And leaders in Canada and Europe are listening to him too.

He is the Thomas Jefferson of our generation. And Jefferson eventually became president.;)

[janx]

12. I like to think of him as the Thomas Paine of any generation--

he is challenging our current political system in that he wants to return to fiscal and political sanity.

[Contrite]

15. I meant Jefferson in the sense that he is reforming the party and

is doing a lot to restore our diplomatic relations abroad--notably with Sergolene Royal of late!

[janx]

16. Understood--and appreciated! n/t

[caledesi]

38. Yep. Still a Deaniac. Love this guy. He shoots from the hip

with an Uzi! I love to see him interviewed on TeeVee...the interviewers are shaking in their boots; they don't know what to expect. It's not the usual..play nice...Dean tells it like it is and CORRECTS these people. He's the best, and I believe that he is the main reason we won so overwhelmingly in the mid-terms.

edit: spelling

[madfloridian]

5. Hey, janx, me too.. read this.

He's been over in Europe doing good stuff...trying to unite people.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/811

And he says its time to renew our relationships around the world.
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/752

He won't run in 08...but it would be nice.

[janx]

8. I HAVE read about those things,

and it's wonderful that people in other parts of the world see the US for what it is (or was meant to be). It gives such hope. :hi:

[Jackpine Radical]

7. A Deaniac of the early-adopter variety, went to the very first

Dean meetup in my area & kept on going.

I guess I have to classify myself as a Deaniac for Gore these days. I must say that my appreciation for Gore has done nothing but increase since 2000.

[janx]

9. The wonderful thing about Gore's endorsement of Dean in the

last primaries was that Gore came out as a populist. It was remarkable. I hope Gore runs again.

[Upfront]

23. This is easy.

Me too.

[nradisic]

13. I'm a Deaniac too.

Dean got me fired up in late 2002 and I haven't stopped.

Edwards is my pick and I think the Democrats best shot.

[SmellsLikeDeanSpirit]

14. Fellow Deaniac checking in.

1. Gore
2. Clark
3. Edwards


Those are my preferences.

[janx]

17. But we don't know who is running yet..

In the spring, we'll have a better idea.

[Contrite]

18. Gore, check.

The others, I'm not so sure. Edwards I am wary of. Plus we Deaniacs here in Minnesota were told to throw our support to Edwards instead and the next day he dropped out! So I'm still p'od over that one. Ditto Clark--I have a bad taste left over from the fact he was the "anti-Dean".

[NYCGirl]

19. Me too, Janx! NT

[unkachuck]

20. the Good Doctor....

....has yet to disappoint me, I wish he was running in '08....

[Mabus]

21. Another Deaniac for Gore

:woohoo:

[talk hard]

22. Dean is a great man

Hope he runs again for prez some day

[janx]

31. Maybe so, maybe not...

but what he has done is phenomenal.

[NoPasaran]

24. Another Deaniac here

I'm not really excited about any of the presidential field yet. There's more to be done at the state and local level anyway... I guess you could call me a "Maxeycrat".

[janx]

27. Yes, I know.

:hug:

[zulchzulu]

26. Ever seen this video?

http://www.awolcowboy.com/media/Dean071305.wmv

I recorded Howard when he came to town in 2005. Good man...

[janx]

28. I tried the download and got part of it, but

the rest of it got arrested...there's still some strange sound going on. I'll try again later :hi:

[zulchzulu]

35. You can try this verison

http://www.awolcowboy.com/media/Dean071305.mp4

It's about 40MB.

[janx]

29. Forgot to mention...

regvac is my friend! ;-)

[caledesi]

41. Thank yu zz. What a treat! Can feel Dean's energy...he's great

and obviously had/has a great plan. I like the fact that "you don't just campaign" during the season...you constantly do it. The man is smart.

[Le Taz Hot]

33. I volunteered for the Dean

campaign when he came to speak at the 2003 California Democratic convention and NO ONE out here knew who he was. They kept introducing him as John Dean. The man mezmerized the audience and Deanmania broke out. Edwards spoke too -- all about how he supported the pResident's Iraqi war -- he was almost booed off the stage. Kerry couldn't bother to be there unless there was a fundraiser with it involving the "beautiful people" who have lots and lots of money. Dean went to house parties where giant sums of $2,000 were raised -- collectively. But I digress. I spoke with the people at the Dean booth who told me there were only 12 people currently at Dean headquarters. I immediately volunteered and worked my ass off until the Iowa debacle the next year (thank you Kerry, Edwards, & Gebhardt campaigns -- proud moments for all three of you, NOT).

If Gore doesn't run, I'll be writing in a candidate . . . again. And guess who's name I'll be writing in?

[SCDem]

34. Because of Dean

I think I will always be active in politics.... before I use to be an issue person - but the Democratic Platform encompasses almost all the issues I care deeply about and I truely believe that building the base in every county or community no matter what "color" the state is will not only be good for the Democratic Party but Democracy in America.

On that note - I really want Al Gore to run - and everyone around me both super-politically connected and the apoliticals alike are asking me how can we get Al to run.

I heard on some show that he has enough name recognition (obviously) that he can hold out the longest before he announces whether he is going to throw his hat into the race. I hope this is the case.

I also like Obama - but I think we need more than charisma at the head of the country.

[AtomicKitten]

36. Kudos to Dean

for all his hard work as DNC Chair. I definitely think he will give running for president another go some day. He sure has his work cut out for him now.

[paulk]

37. I think our foreign policy situation is going to be even worse

than it is now and the electorate will make their decision based on that. Experience in government, diplomacy, and especially foreign policy will be key. There are several good Democrats who fit that bill, and even a few Republicans (though the RNC might not be smart enough to nominate them).

my 2 cents

[blm]

39. I'm a CHAIRMAN Dean supporter. He's fixing a broken Dem party infrastructure all

over the country and that has NOT been an easy job to do considering how collapsed it was allowed to get under the last two Dem party chairs.

[NoPasaran]

40. Although I was a supporter of Dean's presidential bid

I'm actually kind of happy he didn't win the nomination. I think that had Dean been nominated, we would have had a very divided party, a la 1968 or '72, whereas we were as united in 2004 around Kerry as I can ever remember the Democratic Party. Had we run Dean in '04 and lost, that would have been the end of him, all his ideas would have been discredited, and the party would have continued its spiral of decline. I don't know what kind of President Howard Dean would have proved to be, but I think he is a hell of a good chairman, and while there is plenty of credit to go around, I have no doubt that he deserves a lot of it for our successes in 2006 and in the furture.

[JNelson6563]

42. Longtime Deaniac checking in!

And the Doctor still speaks for me! :toast:

Julie