Reply #5: "a back-handed swipe" [View All]

[PATRICK]

Nice opening characterization against Dem unity. The reality is that the Clintons have a point that the opportunity now to simply harvest votes depends on financing and staffing all the campaign efforts. dean is absolutely right about the long term and his efforts spawn exactly the kind of volunteer effort that is vital for successful campaigning. You can debate media ads vs. ground troops. The fact is that opportunity exists in abundance.

BOTH should be done. History is full of examples of people urging boldness with victory in sight and not really mattering in the long run, sometimes just getting in the way in their interference. But this is about resources that should be applied. I think it is an allowance that when Dean speaks he gets MORE donations than the other big names.