HOWARD DEAN FOR DNC CHAIR !!
After a brief burst of hope, passion and pride, the Democratic Party is lost again.
We emerged from the 2004 primaries confident of our case against George Bush. Our nominee made that case clearly and convincingly—but it was not enough. Across the country our candidates failed to make the case for the Democratic Party.
The Republicans and media elites who manufacture conventional wisdom diagnose our problems for us: we’re wrong on the issues, they say, and we’re on the wrong side of what they call culture. They are wrong.
Our first problem is message. We let Republicans define the debate. They run on guns, God and gays—and instead of standing up for our values we try to excuse their extremism. We move further and further to the right and we fear standing up against what we know to be wrong. We compromise our values for the sake of victory and wind up with neither integrity nor victory. More from DraftHoward.com...
We emerged from the 2004 primaries confident of our case against George Bush. Our nominee made that case clearly and convincingly—but it was not enough. Across the country our candidates failed to make the case for the Democratic Party.
The Republicans and media elites who manufacture conventional wisdom diagnose our problems for us: we’re wrong on the issues, they say, and we’re on the wrong side of what they call culture. They are wrong.
Our first problem is message. We let Republicans define the debate. They run on guns, God and gays—and instead of standing up for our values we try to excuse their extremism. We move further and further to the right and we fear standing up against what we know to be wrong. We compromise our values for the sake of victory and wind up with neither integrity nor victory. More from DraftHoward.com...
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