Cantwell's stance on Iraq keeps volunteers away, party chief says

[TechBear_Seattle]

Cantwell's stance on Iraq keeps volunteers away, party chief says
By David Postman

Sen. Maria Cantwell's continued support for the occupation of Iraq — and her lack of regret for voting for the invasion in 2002 — is making it hard to recruit volunteers for her re-election campaign, the chairman of the state Democratic Party says.

The liberal activists who dominate the party's grass roots oppose the war and have been looking for Cantwell to distance herself from President Bush's position.

"Definitely right now there are a lot of activists who are not signing up to work on her campaign, and that's very clear," state party Chairman Dwight Pelz said Thursday.

The full article can be read at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002973154_cantwell05m.html

[mikeiddy]

1. yep

[Peace Patriot]

2. Oh, boy, the revolution begins!

We're going to get our country back--yup! The corrupt and collusive, the Bush junta enablers, are OUT! When a state party chair says something like this, you know an earthquake of the good kind is coming. A people earthquake; Thomas Jefferson's long overdue 20 year revolution.

[xchrom]

3. very interesting article.

here are a couple of other high lights that caught my attention.

no politician can afford to lose the ''mules'' -- the people who will make your machine kick into gear when you need.


"You just communicate the thingsthat you can and hope that people understand you have a level of concern for the direction and you are paying attention," Cantwell said in an interview Thursday.



''That point was made recently on the popular local liberal blog washblog.com. Arthur Ruger, a state employees union leader, wrote about what he called Cantwell's "blind and proud unwillingness to recognize a foolish and cowardly political act" in voting for the war.''