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July 27, 2004
Dean | Dean: "We are going to do what the Christian conservatives did 20 years ago"

The Guardian reports on Howard Dean’s reception yesterday in Boston (“greeted like a star by party delegates”). More important, Dean is calling for a ground-up resurgance in Dem politics:

“We cannot, as Democrats, decide we are only going to work hard in the places we can win,” he said. “The only way we can win is to run.”

Mr Dean, whose rhetorical skills set the Democratic base on fire last autumn, is touting a long-term strategy to reverse the conservative right’s dominance of American public life. “We are going to do what the Christian conservatives did 20 years ago,” he told a meeting of delegates from Washington DC. “It is not enough to vote. You have got to run for office, you have got to run for the local council, you have got to run for the school board.”



Posted by Alan at July 27, 2004 08:00 AM | TrackBack
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..now this ((will)) be the proverbial leopard shedding its spots..
“Howy” its the views and stances of the liberals of today that have left the democratic party and the main stream America..its not J&J,its anybodybutbush..

Posted by: Rob_NC [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 27, 2004 08:28 AM

exactly Rob.

The Dems wouldn’t have any problems if they were less in touch with the ACLU, and more in touch with the American people.

The fact is also pretty clear, the Dems have been picking candidates to win the Democratic primairies. They had candidates who could have done much better in the overall vote, but rejected them. As long as they reject the more moderate voices in their own party they will be rejected as a whole.

Chads

Posted by: Chads [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 27, 2004 08:56 AM

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