Comments on: Howard Dean is at the bead shop*.

By: ss396

ss396 — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:50:44 +0000

Finding Dems to run is not and was not Dean’s problem. Offering financial and party support to them is and was. No, Dean’s sin was that he blindly continued pursuing his 50-State strategy. He supported Obama, but did not devote himself to worship of his One-ness.

[Exodus 20:3-5; "Thou shalt have no other gods before me...for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God..."]

As far as a 50-State strategy goes (Dem or GOP), it’s as they say about the lottery: you can’t win if you don’t play.

By: eschristian

eschristian — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:35:25 +0000

n/t

By: eschristian

eschristian — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:33:33 +0000

this is too funny. Great pOst. ; )

By: 6eorge Jetson

6eorge Jetson — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:48:56 +0000

Just ask Tom Harkin

By: IJB

IJB — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:27:18 +0000

It is pretty rare not to have a Dem candidate in nearly every district in the land. It’s easy to find leftie nutters who will run under the Dem flag even in overwhelmingly Republican districts – these guys live for the ego boost a campaign (even a losing one) gives them.

Dean’s 50 state strategy is a lot of smoke & mirrors – Dems run 50 state strategies pretty much all the time anyway.

It’s a lot easier to field candidates everywhere when you’re a patronage party to begin with.

And, FTR, I am massively opposed to the GOP trying a 50-state strategy: it would be a horrible waste of limited resources.

The GOP should focus on something more like a 40-45 state strategy. But fielding candidates in states like MA and RI is pouring money down a rat hole.

By: The_Gadfly

The_Gadfly — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:10:40 +0000

If the Dems had not been running candidates in EVERY district, we would have won some races simply by default. The RNC opting to concentrate its money in “winable” races didn’t help, because it meant there were districts where Dems had free reign. If Republicans want to win anytime in the next decade they are going to have to step up to the plate and run the same type of 50 state campaign. Yeah, that might mean some heavy lifting, and some doing some really difficult things, like listening to the base instead of sending us to the back of the bus, but it is the only way to win back the seats we lost.

By: olsmithie

olsmithie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:18:15 +0000

I strongly suspect that we don’t know the half of it.

When morals and character are removed and replaced with a “worship thyself” attitude,, coupled with Leninist leanings, it will be possible to justify anything in his own mind. (Or so history shows)

Then add Rahm’s Emmanuel’s love for his fellow man to the mix…

This man will make the Clintons look like loving kindergarten teachers.

I hope I’m wrong.

For the younger readers, Lenin was the guy who murdered about ten times the number of his own people that Hitler did. The texts all seem to gloss over that. OK, schools out.

Regards

By: IJB

IJB — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:01:55 +0000

I’m missing something here…

By: tsquare

tsquare — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:01:07 +0000

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.

By: Moe Lane

Moe Lane — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:47:36 +0000

There’s a Democrat reading this that’s enjoying your misery, too.

By: IJB

IJB — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:40:51 +0000

The Dems wins the past two election cycles have virtually nothing to do with Dean – I am extremely dubious that anything Dean did actually helped get more Dems elected than otherwise would have been.

The 2006 and 2008 elections had almost nothing to do with Dean and the DNC (or the DSCC or DCCC), and everything to do with the national mood.

Basically, a blind monkey could have led the DNC over the last two cycles and gotten pretty much the same results.

(In fact, there’s reason to believe the blind monkey could have done better.)

However, the same is *not* true of the RNC and the various Republican campaign committees – they actually could have done things to reduce our losses. They didn’t, so they must be completely purged.

By: 1SGinTN

1SGinTN — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:38:08 +0000

You are the master, my friend! How do you dig that stuff up? No…don’t tell us – let the mystery of it enhance your legend.