Steelworkers Endorse Howard Dean for DNC Chair

[ProudToBeLiberal]

Steelworkers Endorse Howard Dean for DNC Chair
Wednesday February 2, 12:57 pm ET


PITTSBURGH, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) today endorsed Governor Howard Dean's candidacy for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

"As a governor and presidential candidate, Howard Dean has experienced first hand the urgent need of working families for decent-paying jobs and affordable health care - priorities all too often lost on those who spend their time living in the rarefied air of the Beltway Bubble," said USWA International President Leo W. Gerard.

"We've had enough of Democrats whose answers to the weighty problems facing working families smack of 'Republican-lite.' We need leadership from somebody like Governor Dean who speaks with conviction about how outrageously the great majority of Americans are being short changed by an Administration which brags that its base constituency is the 'haves and have mores.'"

The Dean endorsement resulted from a unanimous vote of the USWA's International Executive Board.

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[WI_DEM]

1. Looks like several unions are coming out for Dean today

Excellent.

[theHandpuppet]

2. I'll second that!

And kudos to Gerard for tellng it like it is!

[Emboldened Chimp]

3. First the UAW and now the Steelworkers....

Dean is a lock.

[matcom]

4. this is starting to put a HUGE smile on my face

DU isn't the only group tired of repuke-lite and I for one am grateful

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. Mine too!!!!!!! Woohoo!!!!

I feel better than I have in weeks! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: I feel like a Democrat again!!!

[bleedingheart]

6. I agree...I am smiling also...

[KissMeKate]

7. "rareified air of the beltway bubble"

hell yeah!

[racer-x]

8. Rock On Pittsburgh

As a citizen of Pittsburgh, this makes me feel good about where and how I was born and raised.

I've been a fan of Dean since the start of the whole shenanigans last year.

[stratomagi]

9. Awesome

As a citizen of Pittsburgh, someone who has made phone calls during the last election from the Steelworkers Union building, and a Dean supporter I am proud that the USWA has moved to endorse a progressive future. Go DEAN!

[Debi]

10. I know I'm sounding like a broken record

But where is SEIU? :shrug:

[Larkspur]

12. SEIU uses a participatory democratic method to choose endorsees

They let the members vote on who to endorse. I don't know when they are voting. I'm not a member.

[Debi]

13. Cant' they vote RIGHT NOW

(can you see me whining?) x(

[Larkspur]

11. Here's Dean's mandate for reforming the Dem Party from the ground up and

shaping the DNC Chair as HE sees fit...

"We've had enough of Democrats whose answers to the weighty problems facing working families smack of 'Republican-lite.' We need leadership from somebody like Governor Dean who speaks with conviction about how outrageously the great majority of Americans are being short changed by an Administration which brags that its base constituency is the 'haves and have mores.'"

[David Zephyr]

14. Kick.

[Upfront]

15. About Time

It is about time they woke up. I can now again be a proud member of USWA. I hung my head in shame at there stupidity in the primarys. Go Dean!!!!

[Anwen]

16. YES!!!

Excellent news....GO DEAN!!!!!! :D

[Placebo]

17. Eh.

Dean got a bunch of endorsements during the presidential primaries too, didn't help him much.

ABD

Anyone But Dean

[Debi]

18. Oh, you are soooo right.

We should just give it up................NOT

GO GOV. DEAN :yourock:

[neuvocat]

19. Lookin' good.

When is the vote supposed to take place, btw?

[Debi]

20. 02-12-05

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