Dean's interview via satellite today in Utah.....setting the agenda.

[madfloridian]

http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=150665

Howard Dean Says Democrats Can Win in Utah
Feb. 14, 2005
Richard Piatt Reporting

Democrats have a chance to win big in Utah. That bold statement comes from Howard Dean, the new chairman of the national Democratic Party. Dean won his new position over the weekend. He talked to political reporter Richard Piatt, via satellite today, about how he can make a difference for Democrats in Utah.

Howard Dean knows a little about comebacks. Last year his party rejected him. Now he's a hero.

Dean wants to make his mark moving Democrats to win. He'll do that, he says, by clarifying the party's message on issues he says Republicans have hijacked.

Richard Piatt: "Was this the message you were trying to get across, consciously?"

Howard Dean: "What I was trying to get across is that democrats, in order to win, have to stand up for what we believe. We are never going to win if we try to pretend we're half republican all the time. The republicans have claimed democrats are pro-abortion. That couldn't be further from the truth. I don't know anybody that's pro-abortion. I do know democrats think women should make up their own mind about what kind of health care they get."

Dean says he has plans to create and fund grassroots campaigns--even in conservative areas like Utah. He rejects labels like 'liberal' for the party. Instead, he wants to seize the moral high ground from Republicans -- helping the poor and protecting children are consistent with religious values, he says....."

Rock and roll, Chairman Dean.

[LSparkle]

1. God bless that man!

A good Congregationalist (UCC) that Dr. Dean ... makes me proud!

[Edgewater_Joe]

2. He's CRRAZZZZYY!! He's NUTZ!!! He's UNSTAAAYYYBLE!!!

He's the Repunks' Worst Nightmare - which is why we need to have his back.

[Tactical Progressive]

3. The media rolled Dean easily on an exuberant scream

and there was nothing that all the viewers and bloggers in America could do to stop them. This even though some media outlets, notably ABC, later admitted what was already obvious to everyone, that they had indeed been the ones who had overdone it. Dean couldn't do anything more than act like a whipped dog for weeks afterward. Not that he even had a choice.

What makes anyone think that anything we say or do can protect anybody's back? Especially someone that they've already brought to heel once before?

[lojasmo]

5. Dean did NOT "act like a whipped dog"

[Cha]

4. I guess you have to "reject labels like liberal"..

because the repukes and fascist media have turned it into compartmental dirty word.

Why can't we be "progressive" as opposed to regressive like the repugs?

I had a feeling Dean would get right to doing unorthodox stuff like this! :D

[gristy]

6. Pretty damn smart

Attack and defeat them where they are comfortable and complacent. Would this be called a flanking move? I believe it would.

[madfloridian]

7. Go after their perceived strengths.....

that is his intent.