50 State Strategy

I have to join KISSWeb in his support of Howard Dean on the fifty state strategy. Just to summarize the issue, as I see it, Howard Dean has been raising money as Chair of the DNC and using it to try to build viable Democratic organizations in every State and throughout each state. This is something that the Democrats have completely neglected for years and years, while the Republicans built their organizations slowly but surely, year after year, following the Goldwater debacle.

Now, the inside the beltway Dems are criticizing Dean for wasting money that could be spent better, in their view, on the key districts in the upcoming elections, so the Dems can take over the Congress. Yes, that is a worthy goal, but not at the expense of building the party for the future.

Just look at where this "spend every dime on the current race" has gotten us. We were once the solid majority party. Now, we're a mostly forgotten and ridiculed minority party without any voice whatsoever. Yes, we need to survive the short-term in order to stay viable for the long-term, but I'm on board with building for the long-term. At this point, most of the griping is coming from the consultants who are parasites on this party. Yes, let's take it out of their pockets. They have been useless -- less than useless, downright harmful, by coaching our "leaders" to hide in their foxholes until they can tell which way the wind is blowing.

Go, Howard Dean, go!