Saturday, February 12, 2005
Yahoo! News - Democrats Ready to Follow Howard Dean's Lead
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Party activists, recovering from a stinging November election loss and a fresh round of soul-searching, rallied around Howard Dean on Friday and promised a grass-roots drive to make the party competitive in the South, Midwest and Mountain states.
With the election of the former Vermont governor as chairman set for Saturday, Democrats put aside lingering doubts about the party's future and opened a two-day party meeting with promises to keep the heat on President Bush.
"The time for introspection and second-guessing is over," said New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a possible Democratic presidential contender in 2008. "It's game time."
Good luck, Howard. The trick is going to be getting past the shallow, echo- chamber corporate media and the inaccurate picture they have painted of you.
If it's true that 58% think this country is on the "wrong track", a positive, populist message might sway some to WAKE THE FUCK UP and actually take a look at what is going on around them and make some changes. Let's keep our fingers crossed.