This LA Times op-ed by Oregon Democratic Party Chair Jim Edmunson presents an interesting take on Dean vs. Washington.
Shout It Out, Howard, We’re Listening
Howard Dean’s election as Democratic National Committee chairman was a shot across the bow of Washington’s power clique, so it does not surprise us at the state-party level in Oregon that he is making our kin inside the Beltway nervous.
In fact, it delights us.
This is what I’m seeing within the Party: the folks out in the states, especially the West, are thrilled that Dean is bringing a new approach and some backbone to the Party. They’re jazzed about the 50-state strategy and excited at the thought of support for year-round organizing everywhere in America.
It remains to be seen whether the Democratic Party can pull it off, but I, for one, think it’s high time we tried something new.
The new Democrats.org web site is pretty snazzy too.
Now, I’m technically a party insider (a very newbie member of the DNC from Oregon), so I get a lot more communications from the DNC than most of you, but it really does feel like things are changing. What does it look like from out there? Do you perceive any difference yet? What else would you like to see?
Cross-posted at The American Street.
The DNC blog is great! Thanks! Changing the Dem party…and idea who’s time has long been overdue…
Hope you are right.
…I sent them $50 last night! LOL
I hope things on both sides will change, in relation to people going back to basics, morals, ethics, and true patriotism.
The Democrat Party and the Republican Party have both been in the strangle hold of Corporations and Lobbyist for so long, we have forgotten our roots, and the suffering so many endured to bring this counrty, and most important mankind to a brighter future.
One day the ones who voted our current monster group into power will hopefully wake up and see what has happened, but I fear it will not be until the “parade” is over, and they finally go home to look at their bank accounts, the education their children are receiving, their retirement fund, their civil rights, and the missing sons and daughters lost in a senseless war of greed, of whom they only have memories and photo’s to hold.