Tweety just suggested Dean for HHS Secy

[eleny]

Looked at the camera and paraphrasing here he said - President Obama, he got you the victory, give him a piece of it.

Dean was beaming. :D

[EFerrari]

1. Finally. n/t

[eleny]

2. Tweets made up for a couple of his sins with that one

Not all! But a few.

[EFerrari]

4. Yes'm!

:)

[Uzybone]

3. Tweety also suggested Geithner be fired

yesterday.

and that Hillary won her senate seat because Bill Clinton cheated on her.


Tweety is an idiot.

BTW I support Dean for HHS, but Tweety is an idiot.

[eleny]

6. I can't help but agree

Even this morning, he was dumping on Geithner. I was never crazy about Geithner and don't understand why he was chosen even given his background. But Tweety has been acting so wacky these past few days. I think he keeps losing money in the market and it's got him deranged.

Silly declaration about Hillary and her Senate seat. She got it because she's talented, hard working and she was a first lady. Being born and raised in NYC my gut said that New Yorkers weren't going to pass up that combination.

[MadBadger]

5. I want Dean, but I dont understand how Dean "got Obama Victory"

[eleny]

7. Dean initiated the 50 State Strategy

He refused to give up on the South. He put offices in every state and he got results. With the presence of an organization in every state, it made it possible for the Dem to win.

[MadBadger]

9. I think if anything the primaries ended up helping for that reason

I credit him with getting us control of Congress again, but I think Obama's grassroot's organization is what helped a lot more.

[eleny]

11. Dean was on the 50 State Strategy long before Obam announced

[MadBadger]

12. Im talking about the fact that there was a primary in every state

It allowed the campaigns to build up grassroots organizations in each state.

[eleny]

14. Dean had an organization in each state long before the Primaries

That presence made it easier for our candidates to plug into each state because they weren't starting from scratch. Dean paved the way by putting Dem presence in each state.

[MadBadger]

16. In the primaries, the candidates had to build up their own organizations

The Dems in the state were split. When it came time to the GE, sure they helped, but they were incorporated into Obama's grassroots operation which I think for the GE ultimately proved more important.

I'm not saying the 50 state strategy didnt help, because it did. I just dont agree with saying that Dean won it for Obama because I think Obama's organization did it for him.

[eleny]

17. And I believe that it helped our candidates enormously to the point of making the difference

Please take the last word if you wish. I've made my point and am now done with you.

[MadBadger]

18. We'll have to agree to disagree.

[Bluebear]

10. The 50 state strategy

[MadBadger]

13. As I said to the poster above, I dont credit that for Obama's victory

Instead his own grassroots organization built up through the primaries...among other factors of course.

[tavalon]

20. Check with those grassroots folks and find out how many of them

we're first fired up by the original grassroots internet organizer, Howard Dean.

[EFerrari]

23. Obama's on line campaign owed everything to Dean's.

Hard to see how anyone doesn't remember that.

[tavalon]

25. Yep, Howard Dean was quite a bit ahead of his time and

Obama hit it perfectly at the right time but Howard had it first and he is owed a big debt, a debt that should be paid back and not just with any lackey's job but with the right job. HHS sec. is the right job for him.

[tavalon]

19. Then you most assuredly haven't been paying attention

The fifty state strategy which the current leader of the DNC is dismantling as fast as he can, was a massive part of the victory and the long coat tails. The enthusiasm for Obama towards the end didn't hurt but it would have been close enough to steal yet again without the genius of Howard Dean.

[InvisibleTouch]

8. I completely agree. n/t

[lonestarnot]

15. He's the man for the job. Is he being considered?

[tavalon]

21. They are trying hard not to

[lonestarnot]

24. I don't understand that! Pick a fucking pug from hell and leave a good dem out, WTF?

[tavalon]

26. It's hard to believe that it would all be because Rahm doesn't like him

but maybe it's as simple and childish as that. I don't know.

[robinlynne]

22. yes!!!!

[chill_wind]

27. Straight up!

K & R.