Dean's campaign is over, but the Blog for America is still active. The last two posts find them engaging in some Bush-bashing and Congress-russling. Read on for the interesting bits:
The first is a snarky little piece called
Sad News Roundup:
I won't kid you: We at HQ are feeling a little sad today.
We're sad that George W. Bush believes that engineering a public perception of prosperity will get him elected more effectively than engineering actual prosperity.
The second entry, Ours to Win, does what I've been hoping DFA would do: it focuses its faithful on the Congressional races, using none other than DailyKos as a reference point:
If you're like me, you're itching to get back out on those canvassing routes and back on those phonebanks. What you, the Dean grassroots, did during Governor Dean's presidential campaign has permanently changed the face of politics in this nation, and for those of you like me who have this itch, let's take a look at some races in the legislative branch.
The Daily Kos has a great summary of 2004 Senate races around the States. With us holding 48 seats to the GOP's 51, the Senate is their's to lose--and we stand a good chance to win it back.
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In the House we've already had one big victory with Chandler's win, but there's still a lot of work to be done. Texas drew new district lines last summer, so we're going to lose about 5 seats there. This means that whereas we're currently holding 204 spots to the Republicans' 228, we might have to pick up as many as 20 seats to get our majority back.
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If a Democrat wins the White House in November, it will be tough to get much done if he doesn't have the legislature behind him. It's in local races like these that the power of the grassroots can decide the outcome. Each of these fine Democrats would love to have the experience of a bunch of seasoned Deanocrats on his or her side.