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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 12:51 PM
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3. I don't think Dean was the reason for Obama's win....
but I think Dean's campaign took grassroots to a whole new level and Obama's campaign was smart enough to utilize those concepts and run with it so to speak.

I do think Dean's work in the DNC is the reason for our majority in Congress.
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  -Dean would be a great pick for HHS, but... Dawgs  Feb-03-09 12:48 PM   #0 
  - Yes, Obama - and any Dem would have won -  Captain Hilts   Feb-03-09 12:50 PM   #1 
  - Oh, come on  democrattotheend   Feb-03-09 01:15 PM   #8 
  - No.  Captain Hilts   Feb-03-09 01:23 PM   #10 
  - As much as I would like to believe that..  SunsetDreams   Feb-03-09 01:26 PM   #12 
     - I can think of two who would have had a tough time. But who cares, Obama made history and . . .  InAbLuEsTaTe   Feb-03-09 01:50 PM   #15 
  - Fair enough ...but he sure helped a lot the last two elections without debate. nt  wroberts189   Feb-03-09 12:50 PM   #2 
  - Absolutely agree.  Dawgs   Feb-03-09 12:54 PM   #5 
  - GW Bush helped a GREAT deal. nt  Captain Hilts   Feb-03-09 01:23 PM   #11 
  - I don't think Dean was the reason for Obama's win....  Fleshdancer   Feb-03-09 12:51 PM   #3 
  - Without Dean he would have had a harder time in VA, NC, IN, NE-1, etc  camera obscura   Feb-03-09 12:53 PM   #4 
  - Agree, but Obama still would have won big.  Dawgs   Feb-03-09 12:57 PM   #6 
  - Obama picked up where Dean's campaign left off  Larkspur   Feb-03-09 01:04 PM   #7 
  - Agree.  Dawgs   Feb-03-09 01:21 PM   #9 
  - Dean won't get it because the HHS is going to have to be able to work with Repukes  Thrill   Feb-03-09 01:33 PM   #13 
  - Howard worked with Repukes when he was governor of Vermont  Larkspur   Feb-03-09 02:29 PM   #16 
  - Obama was incorporating community organizing principles  Radical Activist   Feb-03-09 01:39 PM   #14 
     - But Dean's strategy helped paved the way for Obama  Larkspur   Feb-03-09 02:35 PM   #17 
 

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