Howard Dean campaigns in Tallahassee (Howard Dean Tells Southerners How to Vote)

Tallahassee Democrat ^ | November 4, 2003

[Aetius]

Howard Dean campaigns in Tallahassee

Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean told a Tallahassee audience today that southerners have to quit basing their votes on "race, guns, God and gays."

Dean, making his first campaign foray into North Florida, spoke at a rally in Jacksonville then addressed more than 500 people at a luncheon of the Capital Tiger Bay Club.

He said Sen. Bob Graham, who announced on Monday that he won't run for re-election, is on his "short list" for vice president - if he wins the Democratic nomination to face President Bush next November.

The former Vermont governor, who is a physician, also criticized Gov. Jeb Bush for rushing through a law that allowed Bush to override the courts and restore feeding to a Tampa woman, Terri Schiavo, who has been in a "persistent vegetative state" since 1990.

Dean said he hopes to reassemble a coalition of conservative southern voters like President Franklin Roosevelt had in the "solid South" 70 years ago. Although his opposition to the war in Iraq and his criticism of the Bush tax cuts do not score well in polls in the South, Dean said he hopes working families will support his call for improving education and health care.

Read more about Dean's visit in the Tallahassee Democrat on Wednesday.

[MeekOneGOP]

That one too ! Thanks ! ...

[Aetius]

I hope they are waiting until election time to engage. But on all the issues Dean mentioned, plus immigration reform, most polls show the conservative position to be the mainstream, majority position. Most polls show a majority opposed to racial preferences, gay marriage, and the ACLU-driven assault on the Judeo-Christian tradition. They also show a majority supportive of the individual-right interpretation of the Second Amendment. They also show a majority in favor of serious immigration reform.

An aggressive, intelligent campaign pushing these popular conservative causes could be a huge political winner for the GOP. I have no hope on racial preferences and immigration, but I'll try and be optimistic about the others come next fall.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Another know it all Yankee...that should go over well in the South. Run Dean, Run!