firedoglake.com - 11/8/2008
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Is Dean's Legacy Being Destroyed?
A rumor at this point (or rather, someone unwilling to go on record) but what I'm hearing is that the DNC organizers who implement the 50 state strategy are about to be let go. Apparently they will be laid off at the end of the month, and the new DNC ...
politico.com - 11/12/2008
openleft.com - 11/8/2008
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openleft.com —
It isn't fun to report on bad news,
much less on a weekend night after a big...
victory. However, there are two sad items to report: Darcy concedes : Darcy Burner has conceded in Washington's 8th congressional district. Darcy writes over email : "It ...
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Sad News Overnight Thread
openleft.com - 11/11/2008
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openleft.com —
To no one's surprise, Howard Dean has stepped
down as DNC chair : Former Vermont governor Howard...
Dean, who rose to national prominence during a failed bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, will not seek a second term as chairman of ...
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Dean Out, Fifty-State Strategy Likely Done
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Sad News Overnight Thread
Open Left - Front Page —
... Fifty-state strategy on hold: The DNC organizers who actually form the core of the 50-state strategy at the DNC are being laid off: ...
What Next for My.BarackObama.com?
techPresident —
... afoot (links go to DailyKos and Firedoglake, respectively) that the DNC is shutting down its "fifty-state program" of field organization, which would mean losing all the institutional memory of the hundreds of paid organizers the party has had on the ground building local networks in the last few years. Since President-elect Obama is now the de-facto head of the DNC, this rumor makes little sense unless you are ready to believe his political team is going to throw away valuable organizing resources. ...
Dean Out, Fifty-State Strategy Likely Done
Open Left - Front Page —
... be vacant post.(...)
"At this point he has said that he doesn't intend to run again," said a DNC source granted anonymity in order to speak candidly. "He has said so publicly for a while. He has not said what he will do next."
And, confirming earlier reports, the nearly 200 locally based organizers who form the core of the fifty-state strategy have all been fired:
I've been checking around, and what I'm hearing from reliable sources is that this report is true.
A rumor at this point (or rather, someone unwilling to go ...
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