Mississippi DNC reorganized and ready to rumble with Republican machine

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MISSISSIPPI'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Reorganized and ready to rumble with the Republican machine

By BILL MINOR

JACKSON

When you talk about the Mississippi Democratic Party, you have to think of what humorist Will Rogers once said, that he didn't belong to an organized political party, he was a Democrat.

Now even Mississippi Democrats have come to realize that in the 21st century political arena, driven by money and organization, they face a well-oiled Republican state machinery. So state Democrats are launching a campaign to re-invigorate the state party under new leadership in an effort to keep the Republican apparatus from winning more public offices.

Last weekend, Democrats tapped former U.S. Rep. Wayne Dowdy, a well-known force in state politics, to take over the party chairmanship and generate sorely needed financial support for Democratic candidates, especially for the Legislature.

They are aware, too, that Republican Gov. Haley Barbour, in whacking 65,000 needy and working-poor Mississippians off state Medicaid rolls, has handed Democrats the best ammunition they've had in years to rally the troops.

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