OT: Screaming Howard Dean now ...

October 09, 2005 7:35 AM EDT
WASHINGTON - Howard Dean is no longer screaming - he's scheming. The failed
presidential candidate whose howling adieu to the Iowa caucuses helped seal
his fate as a presidential candidate is plotting to overhaul the Democratic
Party.

Borrowing ideas from President Bush's re-election campaign, Madison Avenue
and his own Internet-driven White House bid, the Democratic National
Committee chairman hopes to drag the party into the 21st century.

"What I'm trying to do is impose a system and run this place like a
business," Dean said during an expansive interview in his office overlooking
the Capitol.

That vision would be welcome news to party strategists who have complained
that the DNC and its chairman of nine months lag behind Republicans in the
political arts of messaging, targeting and organizing.

Some Democrats look back at Dean's rise-and-fall presidential campaign and
wonder whether he has the management skills to carry out his plans or the
ability to raise the money needed to pay for them.

Among Dean's goals are:

-Making Democrats the party of values, community and reform. Armed with
extensive DNC polling, Dean is consulting with party leaders in Congress,
mayors and governors to recast the public's image of Democrats with a
unified message.

-Improving the party's "micro-targeting," the tactic of merging political
information about voters with their consumer habits to figure out how to
appeal to them.

-Building a 50-state grass-roots organization, using the same Internet and
community-building tools that took Dean's presidential bid from obscurity to
the front of the pack before Iowa.

This is where Dean and Bush have something in common. Both their campaigns
benefited from networks of supporters promoting their candidacies person to
person - friends telling friends, family and associates how to vote.

Bush plugged into existing organizations such as churches and hunting clubs.
Dean nurtured his word-of-mouth networks through the Internet.

"I tapped into a craving for community in a society where we're becoming
increasingly isolated from ourselves," he said.

old news

Philip wrote:[color=blue]
> October 09, 2005 7:35 AM EDT
> WASHINGTON - Howard Dean is no longer screaming - he's scheming. The failed
> presidential candidate whose howling adieu to the Iowa caucuses helped seal
> his fate as a presidential candidate is plotting to overhaul the Democratic
> Party.
>
> Borrowing ideas from President Bush's re-election campaign, Madison Avenue
> and his own Internet-driven White House bid, the Democratic National
> Committee chairman hopes to drag the party into the 21st century.
>
> "What I'm trying to do is impose a system and run this place like a
> business," Dean said during an expansive interview in his office overlooking
> the Capitol.
>
> That vision would be welcome news to party strategists who have complained
> that the DNC and its chairman of nine months lag behind Republicans in the
> political arts of messaging, targeting and organizing.
>
> Some Democrats look back at Dean's rise-and-fall presidential campaign and
> wonder whether he has the management skills to carry out his plans or the
> ability to raise the money needed to pay for them.
>
> Among Dean's goals are:
>
> -Making Democrats the party of values, community and reform. Armed with
> extensive DNC polling, Dean is consulting with party leaders in Congress,
> mayors and governors to recast the public's image of Democrats with a
> unified message.
>
> -Improving the party's "micro-targeting," the tactic of merging political
> information about voters with their consumer habits to figure out how to
> appeal to them.
>
> -Building a 50-state grass-roots organization, using the same Internet and
> community-building tools that took Dean's presidential bid from obscurity to
> the front of the pack before Iowa.
>
> This is where Dean and Bush have something in common. Both their campaigns
> benefited from networks of supporters promoting their candidacies person to
> person - friends telling friends, family and associates how to vote.
>
> Bush plugged into existing organizations such as churches and hunting clubs.
> Dean nurtured his word-of-mouth networks through the Internet.
>
> "I tapped into a craving for community in a society where we're becoming
> increasingly isolated from ourselves," he said.[/color]

On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 17:49:45 GMT, "Philip"
<1chip-state1@earthlink.net> wrote:
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>-Making Democrats the party of values, community and reform. Armed with
>extensive DNC polling, Dean is consulting with party leaders in Congress,
>mayors and governors to recast the public's image of Democrats with a
>unified message.[/color]

Making the Democrats the party of values?

ROFLMAO ROFLMAO

omg.....he is nuts

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Scott in Florida

Still Voting Democratic?

You are Stuck On Stupid!

On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 17:49:45 GMT, "Philip"
<1chip-state1@earthlink.net> wrote:
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>-Building a 50-state grass-roots organization, using the same Internet and
>community-building tools that took Dean's presidential bid from obscurity to
>the front of the pack before Iowa.[/color]

going to all the jails in America to pick up some real choice 'grass
roots' Demorats...would be a good idea...

ROFL

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Scott in Florida

Still Voting Democratic?

You are Stuck On Stupid!

In article <mmdjk1to22l3f80l7s3o88jd6h8kvbe5v6@4ax.com>,
Scott in Florida <JustAsk@Florida.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 17:49:45 GMT, "Philip"
> <1chip-state1@earthlink.net> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >-Building a 50-state grass-roots organization, using the same Internet and
> >community-building tools that took Dean's presidential bid from obscurity to
> >the front of the pack before Iowa.[/color]
>
> going to all the jails in America to pick up some real choice 'grass
> roots' Demorats...would be a good idea...
>
> ROFL[/color]

they need the "grass" not the roots, LOL.
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Scott in Florida wrote:[color=blue]
> On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 17:49:45 GMT, "Philip"
> <1chip-state1@earthlink.net> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >-Making Democrats the party of values, community and reform. Armed with[/color][/color]

We don't need to be RE-cast in this mold. The REPUBLICANS just need to
be CAST into the mold they fit.
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> >extensive DNC polling, Dean is consulting with party leaders in Congress,[/color][/color]

That's a typical move of party chairs
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> >mayors and governors to recast the public's image of Democrats with a
> >unified message.[/color][/color]

And it makes good sense.
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>
> Making the Democrats the party of values?[/color]

We'll do it legally. Its harder that way...
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>
> ROFLMAO ROFLMAO[/color]

Three felony indictments, was it?
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>
> omg.....he is nuts[/color]

A friend of mine said he saw Tom DeLay last week on FOX. He said,
"man, that dude is GHETTO".
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>
> --
>
> Scott in Florida[/color]

Nothing wrong with wanting to get in with the old money I suppose.