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Public Vote (none / 0)

While it is a public vote, there will be a voice vote unless 25% of the members present call for a Roll Call.

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by Bob Brigham on Mon Dec 27, 2004 at 09:42:02 PM EST

Radical reformation (none / 0)

"the Democratic Party is going to be radically reformed..."

So you say you want a Revolution, well you know..

Seriously, even if Dean gets elected Chair, do you expect a revolution? If you look at his positions he's actually a fiscal and social conservative on certain issues, e.g. somewhat of a DLC Democrat (gasp!). He was also unable to carry a single state in the primaries, not even in his backyard, the Northeast. Can we really lay all of this at the feet of a flawed DNC and primary system?

What he brings is energy, not revolutionary ideas or radical reformation.

by coldeye on Tue Dec 28, 2004 at 12:49:40 PM EST
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Re: Radical reformation (none / 0)

What will it take for the Democrats to win? The Democrats are the party of moral values--they just need to show it. The Democrats need to show that their issues are moral issues. Increasing funding for education, providing better medical coverage are moral issues. Should we help pay for kids to go to school? Should we help the poor get better doctors? If the Democrats lost because of a perceived lost of morality, it is not because they lack it, but because they failed to convince red state Americans that banning abortion is not the only moral issue in this country. Democrats are pro-life--pro giving poor children a chance at life. That is the what the Democrats need to do: frame the debate in terms of morality--and show that they, that we, are moral too.

I am not sure if Dean can do it.

david
http://breath2005.blogspot.com

by breath2005 on Tue Dec 28, 2004 at 01:57:11 PM EST
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Now that Dean is odds on favorite (none / 0)

It would be a slap in the face to the grass roots people like Chris Bowers et. al. to torpedo him for an insider. For me the question is moot: the people want Dean, the insiders don't. Thus Dean is the man hands down, reagardless of his views.

by Paul Goodman on Wed Dec 29, 2004 at 11:20:13 AM EST
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Re: Now that Dean is odds on favorite (none / 0)

The "people" are the people on the left. The liberals. Don't we want a DNC chair who will attract votes? Anyone who wants Dean is going to vote for Democrats anyways. We want someone who can appeal to moderates. Even though in my opinion Dean is a moderate, he is not percieved as one.

by breath2005 on Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 04:42:27 PM EST
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