“In order to win the White House in 2008,” DNC Chair Howard Dean told a crowd at a West Hollywood breakfast this morning, “Democrats have to elect a Democrat Secretary of State in Ohio and a Democrat Governor in Florida so he/she can appoint a Democrat Secretary of State.” Also in Dean’s sights … below …
The breakfast was “sponsored by ANGLE–a gay and lesbian political group,” but “Dean’s record on gay rights didn’t seem to matter much to the crowd either, who applauded voraciously when Dean’s signing of Vermont’s Civil Unions bill was brought up.” But, writes the blogger, BoiFromTroy, after one speaker said that Dean “has balls” for signing the Vermont bill:
Among the crowd, reports BoiFromTroy, were:
FOCUSING: Dean’s plans to “elect a Democrat Secretary of State in Ohio and a Democrat Governor in Florida so he/she can appoint a Democrat Secretary of State” are great strategies. Let’s hope he succeeds and that we can help him get the job done.
Blog link courtesy of Howard Martin’s blog
“I don’t believe we can get a strong Democratic majority in Washington, D.C., without winning in Eastern Washington and eastern King County.” – Dean Nielsen, Washington state director of Progressive Majority, from the story in the Seattle Weekly: “A Liberal Minor League: Progressive Majority says the left needs to develop a good farm system if it is to take back Congress”
We also need to figure out a way to replace some of these DINOs in West Virginia with real Democratic office holders. I don’t need a purity test. Joe Manchin is too conservative for me on some issues and fine on others. But some of these people are not Democrats.
You may end up growing your own. I think the next cycle we’ll see more than a few “progressives” – party or not – drafted at street level. Sometimes good candidates don’t have party labels attached, and DINO’s may find themselves facing strong independents. I don’t think Ventura was a fluke.
I’m glad to see some “ink” about the fact that Dean showed no “balls” at all in holding no ceremony and signing a bill he was legally required to in the middle of the night without the press present.
As for those Secretaries of State, he’s right that it sure would help. But boy, wouldn’t it be nice if we could somehow have a fair voting process, instead of needing to have our side’s “guy” in place? Just dreaming, I guess…
Alan
Maverick Leftist
I agree with you that Dean should not have received so much credit for his actions in signing that bill, but I fail to see any positive outcomes in giving it the “ink” you’ve clearly been longing for.