Thursday, July 3, 2003

2004 Presidential Election Hey all you political junkies check out this weblog. Vince? Dennis? Ron? I just ran across it tonight. Warning: The writer is not a fan of the Bush administration. Here's the Daily Kos look at the fundraising numbers from this week and a peek at the subject of Netroots. 8:47:57 PM

The Howard Dean Project. This is what happens when 59,000 supporters give $7.5 million dollars, and 55,000 people across the country sign up to volunteer locally for Dean through Meetup. From the American Spectator website: Democrats Get Dirty by The Prowler, 7/3/2003 The presidential campaign of Sen. John Kerry may be saying that it doesn't care about the new momentum of Howie Dean's team, but it sure isn't acting like it. Kerry's folks have begun intensive opposition research on Dean, sending staff to Vermont to pull together whatever dirt they can find out about not only Dean but also his wife, who continues to work as a physician in the state. [Blog for America] 6:09:36 PM

The short answer is yes. The longer answer is maybe.. Kevin Werbach: Is Howard Dean Barry Goldwater? Excellent essay. A sample: The deeper question about Dean is whether he will be the candidate that kills the Democrats in the short-term but positions them for a sustainable majority down the road. A la Goldwater for the Republicans. Goldwater's 1964 campaign galvanized conservatives, and set in motion the creation of infrastructure, such as think tanks and talk radio, that formed the basis of a powerful mass movement. Reagan's election in 1980 and Gingrich's Congressional triumph in 1994 put the conservative ideology in control of American government. Movement conservatism doesn't represent the majority of Americans, which is why Bill Clinton was elected and Al Gore won the popular vote. Yet it dominates our discourse and shapes our policies... [The Doc Searls Weblog] 5:50:57 PM

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