Dean supporters: Good, positive article on yesterdays vote

[WI_DEM]

"With his bounce-back-from-the brink 26 percent finish in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, Howard Dean can claim a moral victory and a surprising one, if one keeps in mind that exactly a week ago, Dean was gasping for breath after his stunning third-place finish in Iowa..."

"...Dean's 26 percent is better than Bill Clinton's 24.8 percent second place finish in the 1992 New Hampshire primary, a showing that made him the self-proclaimed "come-back kid"

"On Sunday one of Dean's labor union allies, political strategist Larry Scanlon of AFSCME made teh conscious parallel between Dean in this year's primaries and Clinton in 1992. 'Clinton lost a number of states in February and March and he won the Southern states, but he lost Connecticut and Maryland. Ultimately it was nailed down in New York in April. So we think this is a long slog..."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4080742/

[Kira]

1. I like the point about Clinton

I find it ironic that Carville keeps saying that Dean is dead in the water and is just staying in it for some unknown reason other than wanting to be President when their guy (Clinton) had a worse percentage in NH than Dean. What do you think?

[ringmastery]

3. it's not a fair comparison

Clinton was a smalltime southern governor. Vermont is next door to N.H.

[Ninga]

4. Can you say DLC?

Clinton was National Chair of the Democratic Leadership Council, the convservative wing of the Party.

Carville wants to see us lose, so Hillary can run in '08.

Carville is such a fighter and so outspoken, you would just naturally think he would have a few good words to say about Dean, even if he wasn't his guy.

Doesn't compute.

[EXE619K]

2. Dean spoke for me....

When all the so called "party leaders" were sitting on the fence.

For that, I'm grateful and he gets my vote/time/$$$.

Thanks Doc!

You've won the heart of, at least, one Indy here.

[Ninga]

5. Dean continues to speak for me.

My husband just got a job after 18 months. I work 3 part time jobs and just sent Howard $100.00 bucks today. With only 1.5% percent of the delegates won, we have a long few months ahead to continue to fight.

[deutsey]

6. Dean supporters: Stand

I agree with the Governor that our momentum is growing again. But, you know, even if Dean doesn't win the nomination, I'm still answering Dean's call for "everyone who believes that America needs real change...stand with us."

Don't get me wrong. I'll vote for the Democratic nominee, whoever it is, because re-defeating Bush is the ultimate goal here.

But I'm going to stand with Howard Dean now because he stood with all of us who questioned the Bush Administration's corrupt motives for invading Iraq, while many in the Democratic establishment ignored or dismissed our protests.

I'm going to continue standing with Howard Dean because he was one of the few Democrats who criticized Bush's economic policies, which reward the wealthy few at the expense of the majority of working Americans.

I'm going to stand with Howard Dean because he was unafraid to speak out against John Ashcroft's attacks on our civil liberties and who reclaimed the American flag from those extremists and ideolouges in this country who cynically exploit our sense of patriotism.

I'm standing with Dean because he is the only candidate who has believed enough in democracy to empower people like you and me to stand and redefine and shape our country.

I hope you will continue to stand with our campaign. As Sly and Family Stone once sang:

Stand
In the end you'll still be you
One that's done all the things you set out to do

Stand
There's a cross for you to bear
Things to go through if you're going anywhere

Stand
For the things you know are right
It's the truth that the truth makes them so uptight

Stand
All the things you want are real
You have you to complete and there is no deal

Stand
You've been sitting much too long
There's a permanent crease in your right and wrong

Stand
There's a midget standing tall
And the giant beside him about to fall

Stand
They will try to make you crawl
And they know what you're saying makes sense and all

Stand
Don't you know that you are free
Well at least in your mind if you want to be

Everybody
Stand, stand, stand

[Gin]

7. Carville must know something we don't know....hw has proclaimed

JK as the nominee.

[TopesJunkie]

8. Good piece --

[Anwen]

9. Thanks for sharing that.

I still believe in Howard Dean!

[Abigail147]

10. The media might finally be getting a clue.

Who at GE or Westinghouse or Disney or Fox wants the world to know what they have been up too? It ain't good for their public image and it shines the light on their machinations with the FCC . But maybe we can have some real coverage about real facts and things that matter and not just what they wear. Looking and listening to these bo-toxed, blow-dried reporters telling me what to think makes me want to laugh maniacally. Ooooo-- look at how I fit in -- all angry and mental.