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Pryderi

(6,772 posts) Mon May 14, 2012, 07:15 PM May 2012

RE: Howard Dean [View all]

Ed Schultz is making great points about why Howard Dean should have been put in as the chair of the DNC.

They're refusing to cut a $500,000 check to help recall Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin on June 5th.

Dean had a 50 state strategy that put us in charge, and it's been abandoned. We can't win back the House and hold the Senate in 2012 without better leadership.

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RE: Howard Dean [View all] Pryderi May 2012 OP

Are we SURE that the DNC actually wants Walker out? DJ13 May 2012 #1

I'm thinking that too, when it comes down to it Raine May 2012 #5

I dunno about Big Ed's argument longship May 2012 #2

OK, but these were those blue dogs that everybody here kept complaining about Recursion May 2012 #6

While that's true to an extent... ljm2002 May 2012 #8

The party did not abandon the 50 state strategy Recursion May 2012 #15

You possibly don't get it longship May 2012 #9

You're preaching to the choir. I catch all kinds of hell here for sticking up for blue dogs Recursion May 2012 #13

I TOTALLY agree. The Dem Party shafted Dean after the 2008 election, and gave the credit Honeycombe8 May 2012 #3

I am convinced there are two sides in our party: Our party and deep cover republicans Taverner May 2012 #4

The 50 state strategy strengthened the state party committees; it wasn't "power to the people" Recursion May 2012 #7

50 state strategy is the way to go. And even more important is helping folks get IDs in those nanabugg May 2012 #10

Absolutely! Investing a mere 500k in WI is a great investment for building the GOTV effort which Pryderi May 2012 #12

I've never understood the resistance to Dean. progressoid May 2012 #11

The resistance to Dean is pretty simple, actually Recursion May 2012 #14

We need him back. n/t Pryderi Jun 2012 #16