Dean is right! "NEVER concede a single state, district, or voter!"

[Michigander4Dean]

I don't care whatever anyone thinks. I'm on board the Don't-Concede-Anything Express.

I'm not conceding ANYTHING at this stage of the 2006 or 2008 election cycles! Not the US Senate, not the US House - heck, knowing what I already know about politics at my young age, I'm not even ready to concede the 2006 Utah or Wyoming Senate races more than 600 days before the election!

And quite frankly, with more than 1,300 days to go, it's too early to give up those states' electoral votes in the 2008 race! After all, Hoover won in a landslide in 1928 and lost it four years later. Things can change A LOT in four years.

You may think I'm crazy and wildly optimistic, but if you're not willing to fight for EVERY vote and EVERY seat in EVERY state, then what point does Howard Dean's plan to revive the Party have?

For those who want me to believe that it's just not possible for us to win races such as the races mentioned above: Can you explain why Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming, and Montana have Democratic Governors?

Yes, there is the media to contend with. And yes, there is the issue of electronic voting. Nonetheless, the chances of a Democrat becoming Governor of Idaho are greater than the chances of anyone using their false illusions of 'reality' to convince me that we have no chance. I know what the reality is, and the reality is that until November 7, 2006, or November 4, 2008, everything is up in the air, and nothing is decided for sure.

So... Take Dean's advice, and let's not concede ANYTHING!

[Dying Eagle]

1. YES!!

That man is one of a kind!!! Give'em Hell Doc!!!!!!!!

[ChipperbackDemocrat]

2. That's the SPIRIT! Now turn it into ACTION

Are there Municipal elections where you live in 2005? If there are, get mobilized in the '05 and knock off every Cheap Labor Conservative you can find.

What we do now will set the table for 2006. And 2006, We must send Cheap Labor Conservative back to private life by any means necessary!

[sandnsea]

3. I can

Local Democrats do not have to run on national security, cultural issues, minority issues, inner city crime and poverty issus, etc. They don't have to consider the REST of America and can appeal to the specific issues in their state. They also are not as easily tagged with the tree-hugging, latte drinking, tax raising, elitist liberal nonsense.

Winning rural America back is going to take a lot more than just "showing up", it's going to take LISTENING more than anything.

[UrbScotty]

6. I agree

Listening (and then acting on what people have to say) is one of the most important aspects of politics.

[madrchsod]

4. i must admitt i was wrong about dean

now i think he may just save this party. the govenor of montana`s win is a lesson on how to win in 2006

[Me.]

5. If Your Mind Has Been Changed

others can be too. This is so hopeful and that what Dean has brought us. Hope and the strength and determination to go after every vote. We have needed him so badly. I am looking forward to see what his affect will be on the political landscape after 2, then 4 years.