Dean's Keeping His 50 State Promise - Pelosi & Reid Not Happy About it [View All]

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I think this piece says it all for anyone following these matters closely. Personally, I'm writing letters to both Reid and Pelosi (and calling their offices) essentially to let them know to back off with their harrassment of Dean and to support his 50 State strategy or to kindly please step aside.



Democratic Leaders Question Whether Dean's Right on the Money

By Dan Balz and Chris Cillizza
Sunday, March 5, 2006; A04

Democratic congressional leaders aren't happy with the way Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is spending money. At a private meeting last month, they let him know.

Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) challenged the former Vermont governor during a session in Pelosi's office, according to Democratic sources. The leaders complained about Dean's priorities -- funding organizers for state parties in strongly Republican states such as Mississippi -- rather than targeting states with crucial races this fall.

Neither side was willing to give ground, according to several accounts of the meeting. Dean argued that his strategy is designed to rebuild the party across the country, and that he had pledged to do so when he ran for party chairman. Reid and Pelosi countered that if Democrats squander their opportunities this year, longer-term organizing efforts will not matter much.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/04/AR2006030400998_pf.html