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openleft.com - 1/21/2009

DNC, 50 State Strategy Update

— openleft.com — Another story we have been following on Open Left is the fate of the fifty-state strategy now... that Howard Dean will no longer be DNC Chair. During the festivities here in D.C., I ran into a source close to the transition at the DNC who was able to ... (more) DNC, 50 State Strategy Update

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Democratic National Committee

Howard Dean

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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 1/22/2009

Dean says goodbye as Kaine takes over DNC

— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (CNN) – After a four-year term that saw Democrats take control of the White House and... both chambers of Congress, Howard Dean bid farewell to the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday, but not without offering a hearty endorsement ... (more) Dean says goodbye as Kaine takes over DNC

Democratic National Committee

Howard Dean

Tim Kaine

Washington, D.C

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fivethirtyeight.com - 1/22/2009

A Brief Comment on the 50-State Strategy

— fivethirtyeight.com — I'm not sure that the discussion surrounding the Democrats' 50-state strategy couldn't stand to be a bit... more sophisticated. A party's resources are finite, and those resources are always going to be allocated unequally between different states and ... (more) A Brief Comment on the 50-State Strategy

White House

Barack Obama

Howard Dean

Tim Kaine

Democratic National Committee

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Obama Kills 50-State Strategy?
Seeing the Forest — ... I am hearing that the post-Dean DNC under Obama has killed off the 50-state strategy and that 200 organizers have been fired. The word is they are going to go back to the old 50%-plus-one strategy that sacrificed the idea of making gains in areas that have voted Republican. See Daily Kos: RIP 50-state strategy . If this is true it is time to stop giving money or otherwise helping the DNC, and start thinking about ways to build progressive infrastructure. ----> Scroll down to see comments. Posted by Dave Johnson at January 21, 2009 12:30 PM ...

1/22: Caroline Bows Out
Blogometer — ... move away from paid media ushered in by Howard Dean, maintain or increase the amount of resource expenditures in most states, and the number of states it targets will be a broader effort than the narrow focus we saw in 2001-2004 (but more narrow than 2005-2008). However, it will return to the traditional role of the DNC as a supplement for the sitting President's re-election campaign, rather than as the long-term, localized institution building operation that is was from 2005-2008." Moulitsas is not happy about this report: "Assuming Bowers' source is correct, the DC ...

Progressives save America's ass (again)
Washblog - Diaries — ... But the Old Order, that same group that just the other day decided to nix Deans 50 state strategy, don't want a progressive candidate.  The Dem party has been taken over by corporate interests and have been for a long time.  It's no accident that Clinton was a disappointment from a progressive standpoint.  Nor should we get our hopes up for Obama. ...