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  •  Dean (4.00 / 48)

    Will be on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno tonight.  Hope that he'll be able to comment on Bush's New Major speech on Iraq today.

    Tips please

    by Kitty on Wed Nov 30, 2005 at 06:17:50 AM PDT

    •  Thanks For the Heads-Up (4.00 / 5)

      on the Tonight Show visit. I usually watch the Colbert Report & would have missed it otherwise.

      I voted for Dean in the primary...wish I could have voted for him in the general.

      by Ranting Roland on Wed Nov 30, 2005 at 06:20:57 AM PDT

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    •  question (none / 0)

      " Democratic National Committee (DNC) has trained and hired local organizers on the ground in 49 states"

      so what's the one state that's left out ?

      Cicero : If you're going to back a policy do it wholeheartedly. You'll win no points for timidity.

      by PoliMorf on Wed Nov 30, 2005 at 08:52:37 AM PDT

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      •  My guess... (none / 0)

        ...probably CA.  The CA Democratic Party is doing pretty well right now organizing Democrats and thinking about the future.  It would be a waste of resources to give us a DNC organizer.

        by carlton858 on Wed Nov 30, 2005 at 08:59:55 AM PDT

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        •  Actually (4.00 / 3)

          I heard from my sister, who was very active in the special election in northern California, that many activists who busted their asses trying to defeat Arnold are really pissed at the absence and lack of leadership shown by the state party. Where were they? The unions did all the heavy lifting.

          I think there's still a lot of reform that's needed, and GOTV needs to be improved in many regions of CA.

          The country we carry in our hearts is waiting. -- Bruce Springsteen

          by saucy monkey on Wed Nov 30, 2005 at 09:16:27 AM PDT

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        •  Huh??!!?? Details please (4.00 / 2)

          I'm a delegate to the CA Dem Central Committee and was the Special Election GOTV Campaign Co-chair for my area.  I haven't seen or heard a whiff of what you're talking about.  I agree CA is probably the last, and I think it's because the CDP has not yet fully demonstrated a workable plan and the necessary commitment.

          try habitat restoration - good for you, good for all

          by jps on Wed Nov 30, 2005 at 09:17:31 AM PDT

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          •  i'm pretty sure that it is CA (none / 1)

            the CDP is going through quite a bit of restructuring, elimination of AD committees and all.  it is my understanding based on various emails that have gone back and forth that the DNC and the CDP have not figured out how to put an operation on the ground here, yet...of course, a lot of us are also convinced that the CDP is anti-grassroots and with Gov. Dean trying to give power back to us, etc., is also relatively anti-DNC at the moment.

            However!!!!  a lot of my info is heresay, conjecture, and partial paranoia :)

            by Arataxia on Wed Nov 30, 2005 at 12:51:09 PM PDT

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        •  Sure hasn't seemed (none / 0)

          that way to me here in Sacramento. Maybe it's changing and I've been too busy to notice immediately, but the CA democratic party has been among the more inept organizations I've observed when it comes to longterm thinking and recruiting of new, exciting faces. This is the state party that gave us Bustamante for Governor. They haven't changed that much since then, not that I can see.

          Then again, I'm a Sacramentan, and we're all kind of cynics. So I will try to reserve judgement until further notice.

          by Spit on Wed Nov 30, 2005 at 01:15:09 PM PDT

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      •  I guess the 50 state strategy is officially (none / 1)

        a failure.

        by seanleckey on Wed Nov 30, 2005 at 09:01:45 AM PDT

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    •  Bush's what? (none / 0)

      Bush hasn't said anything new on Iraq in a long, long time. Consequently, he hasn't said anything major either.

      Unless of course, we consider him stringing two sentences together in a correct grammatical structure as "major."

      Full Disclosure: I am Chair of the Darius Shahinfar for Congress Campaign Committee in NY-21.

      by Andrew C White on Wed Nov 30, 2005 at 10:38:19 AM PDT

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