Reply #35: Dean is perfect

[Michael_Bush]

He is a firebrand safely out of the way of presidential politics. He can play the role of Galloway and attack them for their lies.

He is also a sharp professional politician who can help shape the debate so that there IS a debate, not abstentions (like Levin saying he opposed the war but actualy just abstained).

Perhaps most important, he can bring the far left back into the party and sit them down and school them a bit about how politics work. Want a local Green candidate, great, work your butt off and you have a good chance of getting one. Want one at the state level? Great, get a bunch at local levels and show that we are better off with some of the Green Parties ideas. Want one at the national level? Do all that work 50 times over.

How many here have worked actively at campaigns at the local and national level? I have. It teaches you a bit of cynicism about the electorate at large. Remember, there are enough people who don't bother to vote to beat ALL the members of ALL parties who DO vote.

Dean is perfect as chair and I applauded the choice.