Oct 27 2008
Dr. Howard Dean: Who’s Screaming Now?
Former Governor Dr. Howard Dean of Vermont assumed the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee in February 2005. Dr. Dean was the early front-runner in the 2004 Democratic Presidential Primaries, denouncing the 2003 invasion of Iraq and pioneering internet fund raising and running a strong volunteer-based “ground game” for his campaign.
However, after coming in 3rd in the Iowa Caucuses, when Dr. Dean tried to “rally the troops” for the upcoming New Hampshire Primary, his “cheer leading call” was caught on tape and chided as the “Dean Scream”. Continuous looping of those few seconds by the media was chiefly responsible for the downfall of his promising campaign.
Well, who’s screaming now?
After the 2004 loss by John Kerry to George W. Bush because of alleged voting irregularities in the battleground state of Ohio, Dr. Dean took it upon himself to re-shape the Democratic Party and, just as importantly, the Electoral College map for the 2006 and 2008 elections.
The 50-State Strategy, begun in 2005, had a goal of building a Democratic Party organization in every state in the Union, including those considered “red” and those Democrats had previously all but ignored. The superior “ground game” and state Democratic Party organizations have caused the Republican Party to “fight” in states they previously thought were “safe”, thus stretching their time and resources. The first validation of this strategy was realized in the 2006 Congressional Elections, and will soon show the most desired outcome: the election of Senator Barack Obama with unlikely victories in states such as Missouri, Virginia, Colorado, New Mexico, and Indiana! Because of the vision, strategy, and plain hard work, Barack Obama will be able to win the Electoral College even without Ohio and Florida (although he will probably win those states, too!).
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Tossing around the air quotes today, aren’t we?
Gov.Dean has my utmost respect…that he was laughed out of the 2004 race for being into his campaign was tragic, but the end result, and the success of the 50 state strategy in 2006 was worth it, imo. I remain cautiously confident that it will be all the more successful this year.
Dean made out alright I guess YYYYYYEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH BWBWBWBWBWBBWAAAAAAAAA, oh sorry I don’t know where that came from… The 50 state strategy is working brilliantly this year though.