Reply #22: Thanks Cheswick for sharing that. I think you express what many of us [View All]

[KoKo]

have gone through, not knowing where to go after Gore. And, in particular, your experience about trying to work on other campaigns where you wait for someone to phone you for weeks or get called by a 25 year old poly sci graduate asking you to participate in a phot op!

I just went through that where I live with a candidate. We have been left out by our Party Machine. I had such a bad experience in the 02 Mid-terms I really didn't want to participate again except in the ways I do it through DU, on my own with e-mail, fax phoning.

I think what Dean has done is channeled an energy that's been looking for an outlet. The "Machine" that didn't support Gore has gotten a wake up call. Dean isn't my "Dream Candidate." But, I think he's got the guts and inner strength of character to survive the dirt that will be thrown at him and his campaign. His folks seem to have learned from what happened with Gore... and,they started early and have been better organized. I think he will make it...but the Repugs will make what Gore went through seem like a tea party before it's all over. They've gotten stronger and meaner since 2000. It's going to be a "bumpy ride" to quote Betty Davis!