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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 02:42 PM
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Dean's first staff meeting...."ready to rock and roll." Ready to travel.
"Chairman Dean's first full staff meeting: Ready to Rock and Roll
There was a buzz of excitement in the air just before our first full staff meeting with newly-elected Chairman Howard Dean. Dean arrived promptly at 10:00 am and announced "okay, we're ready to rock and roll." He said that this DNC team had done a tremendous job, and that his plan was to build on what had been done over the past 4 years. He also said that we will be going out directly to the states and help dramatically improve our state and local party operations. He said that to compete and beat the GOP, these investments in people and organizations need to be made, and we will beat Republicans because they are a top-down organization that does not trust the voters - but we do. Dean then introduced his transition team and said he would spend the next several weeks traveling across the country spreading this message."

http://www.democrats.org/blog/index.html
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 02:45 PM
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1. Awesome. Recommended. n/t
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AgadorSparticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 02:47 PM
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2. He is amazing. This is exactly what we need.
Thank god the doctor is in the house. GO DEAN GO!!! Please come to Tucson again. :party:
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 02:53 PM
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3. They need to come to my town
and help us fix our local party.
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SCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 02:57 PM
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4. Yeah me too
I gave money and sent in comments to the DNC saying that they should encourage state parties and local precincts to engage the newcomers and Deaniacs... in my local precinct the Deaniacs do a lot and have riled up the local party but still when it comes to setting policy and agenda and so forth it's like we are not let into the inner circle. Not that we are giving up or not doing anything it just seems that the old retired and/or rich white women and incluential dem attorneys in town run the inner circle. Kind of sucks :(
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artr2 Donating Member (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 12:46 PM
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22. Looks like it is time to take that group over
they gotta have elections sometimes
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blackspade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-05 09:55 AM
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29. they need to come to my state.
If they could clean house in KY to get rid of the noe-con light brigade, we actual democrats might be able to do some good.
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dvaravati Donating Member (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 03:02 PM
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5. Will Dean have a rapid response to Bush like last year?
I remember how awesome it was to have a democrat actually respond to Bush's daily insane plans.
My hope is that Dean's first test will be Patriot Act renewal.
He should go on Meet the Press and declare anyone who votes for it is a traitor to the constitution and a traitor to everything this country stands for.
It is time to kick ass.
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DinahMoeHum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 03:10 PM
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6. His first days and already Dean is asking US rank-and-filers for OUR ideas
on shoring up the Democratic Party, especially in the Southern and mid-Western states.

Check out this link:
http://www.democrats.org/chair/feedback/index.html?psc=front


www.democrats.org


Meanwhile, his brother Jim will now head up Democracy For America.
You can check there to see if there is a DFA group or Meetup group in your area.
www.democracyforamerica.com

All in all, I sense real good vibes of hope!!

:kick:
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 03:23 PM
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9. Thanks for that link.
I lost it recently (democracyforamerica.com)! It's time for grassrooting, in all of our communities.

:thumbsup: And Congrats to Dr. Howard Dean! Now, things shall change.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 01:06 PM
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25. Nice
That's what I like about Mr. Dean. He's really a good listener and works well with other people. :bounce:
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jhain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 03:12 PM
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7. hoping for press conferences
everyone on the planet knows bush can NOT do them.
And all other repubs simply spout rove talking 'points'

What a delight to hear complete sentences from Dr Dean on important subjects.

MORE, please.
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 03:18 PM
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8. Mehlman hopes so, too. He said he is looking forward to it.
I am quite sure there will be that before long. The demand is great but I think he is setting terms now about respect. I hope so. Our media is out of control.
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 11:01 PM
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19. I'd much rather see Dean on the road and real progress
being made across the country than debates with Mehlman. And I have a feeling that's exactly what's going to happen.
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John_H Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 03:31 PM
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10. uh oh.
"He said that this DNC team had done a tremendous job..."

Hopefully this was put in by some DNC Kid scared of getting fired. You heard it here first: If Dean does not clean house, keeps the 0-3 losers on staff, keeps hiring those 0 for dozens consultants we lose in 06 and 08.
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pdxmike Donating Member (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 03:49 PM
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12. Of course Dean has to say that
Do you really think that a guy like Dean is going to charge in and say the "DNC team" staff is full of jerks and morons?
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 03:51 PM
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13. That's just plain ol' human decency. NT
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lancdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 12:51 PM
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23. Exactly
He can't publicly repudiate the organization he's now leading. Duh
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Teaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 12:55 PM
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24. The Current team has done some things OK
but not enough things well enough. They have left the DNC in better financial shape than every, and have slowly redesigned an aging information infrastructure. They have failed on their most important points: electing a Democratic majority, but they are actually an improvement over past DNC operations. Which is sad to say.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 03:48 PM
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11. This sounds like a great start.
Let's go get those Bush bastards.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 04:12 PM
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14. This is where Dean's value is.....on the road.
From what I could see, McCauliffe spent all his time in Washington smoozing with the fatcats. That might have helped raise money, but it didn't help build the grassroots. Dean will change that mindset. He'll raise money and rebuild the organization. It's no longer "business as usual" and this Doctor makes housecalls!
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DFLforever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 04:22 PM
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15. Any word yet on who is on his transition team?
Edited on Mon Feb-14-05 04:23 PM by DFLforever
No names in this article.

I assume Tom McMahon's part of it since he's been replaced at DFA.
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 04:24 PM
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16. I am doing some looking now....nothing yet.
Would assume Tom, wonder about Laura Gross? They are so good they should be more than transition.

I have watched Rosenberg's comments since he dropped out, and I like them. I keep up with a lot of this at Kos, where he is quite popular. I hope he will be involved.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 01:08 PM
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26. I think all the people who ran
have a place for somewhere. Maybe Dean can give them all a job? If they want a position of course. :)
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 08:26 PM
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17. Still have not seen or heard anything.
:hi:
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 10:49 PM
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18. Found the transition team.
I know a few of these, but not all. The brothers McMahon are on there as we figured to be likely. Lindsey from DFA as well. Don't know the others. Our chairman has already begun having interviews and making calls across the nation.

SNIP.." Governor Howard Dean today announced a diverse transition team hailing from all regions of the country. This team represents the broad backgrounds of Democrats across America and the territories."

http://www.democrats.org/news/200502140002.html
DNC TRANSITION TEAM

Tina Flournoy – Head of Transition
Tina Flournoy has been actively involved in Democratic Party politics for nearly 20 years. She is Assistant to the President of the American Federation of Teachers, focusing on public policy. Flournoy was the finance director for the Gore for President Campaign, political director for Vice Presidential nominee Joe Lieberman, and deputy campaign manager for the 1996 Clinton/Gore re-election campaign. She was counsel to the DNC and general counsel for the 1992 Democratic National Convention. Flournoy has also served as staff director and co-chair of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee, and now serves as a member of the Committee. She has been a DNC member since 1996.

Alexandra Gallardo-Rooker
Born in Mexico City, Gallardo-Rooker became an American citizen in 1990. As a member of the Communications Workers of America, Local #9400, Gallardo-Rooker first became involved in the labor movement, devoting her life fighting for the rights of workers everywhere. She was elected First Vice-Chair for the California Democratic Party in 2001, and is currently a DNC member.

Ben Jeffers
Jeffers served as the Chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party from 1997 through 2003. During his tenure as Chair, Louisiana re-elected both of their Democratic U.S. senators and replaced a Republican governor with current Democratic Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco. Jeffers is a former member of the DNC and has served as Chair of the DNC Southern Caucus.

Joe Johnson
A political veteran, in 1988 Johnson served as deputy campaign manager for both Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Presidential campaign and later Michael Dukakis’. From 1987 to 1992, Johnson served as executive director of the Rainbow PUSH coalition, while also working on Douglas Wilder’s successful election as Virginia’s first African American governor. Johnson most recently served as senior advisor to Virginia Governor Mark Warner and today runs his own political consulting firm.

Maura Keefe
Keefe served as a senior advisor to the DNC during the 2004 election cycle and was responsible for the largest surrogate program in the history of the DNC. Keefe has previously worked with Dean as a senior advisor during his 2004 presidential campaign. From 1993-2000, Keefe served as press secretary and chief of staff to United States Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-C).

Lindsay Lewis
Prior to his appointment at the DNC as the new finance director, Lewis served as Finance Director for Dean’s grassroots organization, Democracy for America, after working in the fundraising department at Dean for America. A member of the finance team for Chris Van Hollen's successful 2002 congressional campaign, Lewis was a fundraiser for Democratic Leader Representative Richard Gephardt from 1992 to 1999.

Steve McMahon
Steve McMahon is a media consultant and strategic advisor to Democratic candidates for federal and statewide office and is a founding partner of McMahon, Squier, & Associates. McMahon worked as a political strategist and media consultant and has worked on Presidential, Senate, Gubernatorial and Mayoral campaigns across the country, and was a principle strategist for Dean’s 2004 presidential campaign as well as his race for DNC Chair.

Tom McMahon
Tom McMahon has worked in Democratic politics and government for almost 15 years and most recently served as executive director for Democracy for America. Prior to joining Democracy for America, he served as a deputy campaign manager for Gov. Howard Dean's presidential campaign. President Bill Clinton appointed McMahon as the White House liaison at the United States Information Agency and as a public affairs officer at the Department of Defense.

Tom Ochs
A former partner at the media firm Squier, Knapp, Ochs, who managed Dean’s campaign for DNC Chair, Ochs currently works with Steve McMahon and Mark Squier at McMahon, Squier & Associates. He has worked at every level of political campaigns - from advance to campaign manager –and has consulted on various campaigns, including those of Senators Bob Graham and Evan Bayh and Governor Ann Richards. In 2000, Ochs served as senior advisor to DNC Chair Joe Andrew and consultant to the 2000 Democratic National Convention. He has also served as political director for the New Democrat Network.

Mona Pasquil
A native of California, Pasquil most recently served on the senior staff for the Kerry Edwards presidential campaign as director of community outreach. A longtime leader in the Asian Pacific Islander American community, Pasquil previously served as political director for Governor Gray Davis, California political director for Gore/Lieberman 2000, deputy CEO for the 2000 Democratic National Convention, western political director in the Clinton White House, western political desk and director of Asian Pacific affairs at the DNC. She is a current DNC member.

Mame Reiley
Reiley serves as director of Virginia Governor Mark Warner's political action committee, One Virginia, and is current chair of the DNC’s Women’s Caucus. She has also worked as a grassroots activist as a part of several social justice movements, including civil rights, rights for migrant farm workers, and voting registration initiatives. Reiley has served as a member of the DNC and the Women's Caucus for the past 11 years.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 01:22 PM
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27. Sounds like an awesome team!
I'm very excited!! :kick:
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 10:13 AM
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20. it`s about fuck`n time !!!!
power to the people! let`s rock n` roll..... sounds kind`a 1960`s......
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txaslftist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 10:32 AM
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21. YEEEEEAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGHHH !!!
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candy331 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 02:32 PM
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28. Thanks Mad for posting team sounds very impressive, much
success to the Governor. Yeah team!
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