Reply #11: Because there are other races than the house races. There are state houses and governorships. [View All]

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And there is no reason to think that Dean's money was not usefully used, on the contrary. Given the results that we had throughout the country and at all levels, it seems plausible that his strategy was capital to this election.

The view that we could have won more seats if Dean had given the DNC money to Emmanuel is a short sight view and an inside the Beltway seat, which ignores that we need to build the party throughout the country and that, contrarely to the DCCC and DSCC, the DNC needs to win down the ticket races that will provide the candidates of the 2010s (rather than recruiting millionaires who can pay their campaigns).