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Dean Draws Praise from Capitol Hill Dems
News Max ^ | November 6, 2005 | Staff

Posted on 11/06/2005 10:59:14 AM PST by yoe

After some early missteps, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is gaining the confidence of Congressional Democrats now that he's been on the job for 10 months.

Many in Congress were wary of Dean when he took over the post earlier this year, fearing his politics were too far left for Democrats trying to make inroads in conservative "red" states, according to the publication Roll Call.

They also saw the former Vermont governor as somewhat of a loose cannon, as when he commented that the Republican Party is made up of white Christian conservatives.

But now Dean has been toning down his sometimes incendiary remarks and "he's gotten pretty smart," one high-level Democratic House staffer told Roll Call.

"People are cautiously optimistic [that] Howard Dean has gotten smarter and more strategic about what it means to be a DNC chairman.

"In the last several months, he's doing a much better job."

Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (Md.), who supported another candidate for DNC chairman, said he has been "pleasantly surprised" by what he's hearing about Dean's work.

Roll Call reported: "Hoyer said he has been getting positive feedback from party officials across the country who credit Dean with giving them needed campaign resources and working to develop relationships between the national and state parties."

Hoyer said he has spoken with the party chairmen in several states and has been "impressed with how positive their feeling is vis-à-vis Howard Dean. I congratulate him for that."

Some party insiders remain uneasy about the DNC's finances. At the end of September the committee had a cash balance of $6.8 million, while the Republican National Committee had $34 million in the bank.

The DNC has hired organizers in 38 states and paid out most of the $39.2 million collected so far this year.

But DNC spokesman Josh Earnest said: "We are going to have the resources we need to support Democratic candidates all across the country in 2006.

"The way Gov. Dean is going to build the party for the long term is at the grass-roots level and we want to do that in every community in America."


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dean; democrats; marxism; socialism; wot
Dean's grass roots level is showing signs of having been hit with a load of RoundUp.........the silly man acts like President Bush is running for office in '08. he is still in 2000 and 2004 - the Bush administration has done all the things the Democrats had 8 years to do but accomplished very little during that time - they are still screaming about more money for education etc. when Ted Kennedy wrote the education bill for the Bush Administration. They have NO solutions to anything; all they do is bash with truly hateful words and keep company with all the anti-American organizations and people. The Democrats are led by the nose by the Cindy Sheehans, Ramsey Clarks, General Clark pretty boys, Michael Moore, MoveOn.org, The New York Times etc. Their party is rife with Socialists and Marxist movers and shakers as well as being endorsed by the Communist Party USA! The terrorists love them for their weakness and know if a Democrat is ever elected to the White House, they will have a free ride in America and any place in the world. Democrats will not protect this nation from terrorism.
1 posted on 11/06/2005 10:59:15 AM PST by yoe
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...party officials across the country who credit Dean with giving them needed campaign resources

Translation: The Dem party hacks got $$$ to shut them up.

2 posted on 11/06/2005 11:02:37 AM PST by LibFreeOrDie (L'chaim!)
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"...if a Democrat is ever elected to the White House, they will have a free ride in America and any place in the world. Democrats will not protect this nation from terrorism."

I predict that within 3-5 years of a democrat having the presidency, there would be a military takeover to save the country from terrorists because the dems would not know how to react.


3 posted on 11/06/2005 11:08:43 AM PST by lawdude (Err Amerika induces "in-talk-sication".)
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"In the last several months, he's doing a much better job.

Yeah right......two weeks ago he was accusing the POTUS of "HIDING the SALAMI"......that is definitely toning it down!!

4 posted on 11/06/2005 11:10:22 AM PST by PISANO (We will not tire......We will not falter.......We will NOT FAIL!!! .........GW Bush [Oct 2001])
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To: yoe

He got smarter -- you mean he restricts himself to one insult a week instead of one a day?


5 posted on 11/06/2005 11:21:45 AM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: lawdude

We said the same thing prior to Clinton's election.


6 posted on 11/06/2005 11:24:20 AM PST by Luke21 (Political correctness is the insane religion of our rulers.)
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But now Dean has been toning down his sometimes incendiary remarks and "he's gotten pretty smart," one high-level Democratic House staffer told Roll Call.

So, before now he was pretty stupid? Maybe they are just building him up before he "chooses" to seek other career opportunities.

7 posted on 11/06/2005 11:30:20 AM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: yoe

Somehow, this just doesn't strike me as newsworthy.


8 posted on 11/06/2005 11:39:51 AM PST by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: yoe

Baghdad Bob wrote this?


9 posted on 11/06/2005 11:47:55 AM PST by OldFriend (The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
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"Dean Draws Praise from Capitol Hill Dems"

GOOD! The last thing the republicans need is someone with credibility leading the demonRATs!

10 posted on 11/06/2005 11:51:27 AM PST by harpu
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"The DNC has hired organizers in 38 states and paid out most of the $39.2 million collected so far this year."

This is the reason they don't have any money?

They are lagging WAY BEHIND.

They have 8 mill. That's not just a little behind.

11 posted on 11/06/2005 3:56:39 PM PST by ALWAYSWELDING
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"We said the same thing prior to Clinton's election."

And today we are seeing what Clinton's election actually did to this country. The Wall, the CIA mess, Iraq, Osama all on Clinton's watch and Bush now has to clean up the mess. Imagine what it would have been like if Gore actually did steal the 2000 election?



12 posted on 11/06/2005 10:39:34 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Liberal Talking Point - Bush = Hitler ... Republican Talking Point - Let the Liberals Talk)
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To: yoe
After some early missteps, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is gaining the confidence of Congressional Democrats now that he's been on the job for 10 months.

That's 'cause they're drunk on what he's selling...


13 posted on 11/06/2005 10:42:10 PM PST by Prime Choice (I can open hearts and minds effortlessly. I have a hacksaw.)
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