Warner seems unaware of the 50 State Strategy. And other gripes I have. [View All]

[madfloridian]

Maybe he knows, and mentioned it in his speech... the media did not cover it. Maybe they are misquoting him. Maybe they are taking things out of context.

But he really should be aware of the fact that our party chairman is putting money in all 50 states, and that VA got more than its share in 04. I think fair is fair.

Dean has given over 100,000 to such unlikely states as Wyoming where the governor can't even be polite to him....and the Florida exec director this Saturday criticized the DNC strategy because Florida was not getting enough money...although it is in the top 50 expenditures. And now Warner thinks we have to put money everywhere? Guess what, Governor Warner...he is doing that and many of us are contributing to make it happen.

I want to tell them all to wake up, figure out what is going on. If your state Dems are getting 120,000 over two years in a state that supports Bush still, and your governor disses the chairman anyway..then WY is unaware. People there should be told what is going on, that their state is getting money and workers.

If Warner is unaware his state got millions, far more than any others...if Luis Navarro of Florida's party thinks other states don't count...then I have news for them. Get a clue, read the DNC plans, wake up. Stop spouting off until you know what the chairman is doing. And at least be polite to those of us who are giving the party money to send to your state, and at least be polite to the chairman who is doing it and don't diss him in the media. Or privately like Luis Navarro did Saturday.

Here is what Warner said, and he really seems unaware the 50 states are being funded.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14575183/

Warner voices frustration with Dems
Potential 2008 presidential candidate questions party's strategy

AMES, Iowa - Mark Warner, a potential 2008 presidential candidate, voiced growing concern Tuesday with his party's electoral strategy, arguing that Democrats' willingness to write off sections of the country could make it nearly impossible to win the White House.

"I got pretty frustrated after 2004," said the former Virginia governor. "We are making a mistake if we put up candidates that are only competitive in 16 states and then we roll the dice and hope we win Ohio or Florida."

In an interview with The Associated Press, Warner insisted he wasn't being critical of 2004 Democratic nominee John Kerry, whom he called "a very strong candidate." But Warner said Democrats must stop conceding entire regions of the country.

"We do our party and the country a disservice if we're not competitive in the South and the balance of the Midwest," Warner said. "I'm disappointed in campaigns that write off the South and leave behind wide swaths of our country."

Extending beyond bastions
Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean has steered money and staff to all states, contending that the party needs to build its operation in Republican bastions.

Pay attention, and think before you speak is my call to our Democratic leaders. Know what is going on before you start saying it isn't.