Reply #9: What he saw as he traveled the country during his campaign...bankrupt state parties.

[madfloridian]

Dean had to get 12 state parties out of bankruptcy, pay unpaid debt, get padlocks off doors.

"....."When Dean took over the DNC -- this was the condition of about twelve of our State Parties. He actually had to find lawyers to go into court and get the parties out of this kind of "Trusteeship" before he could even begin to reorganize. In fact, one of the reasons some of the Field Organizers Dean appointed are on the staff of the DNC rather than state parties is because it avoids dealing with old trustees and old court judgments."

That is from The Next Hurrah...it was shocking what he had to do. The party had been neglected in many states.