Reply #28: It's more about protecting their turf than taking a long-term view

[dpbrown]

Dean is right. But the problem with waking up new people to getting involved, or putting a strategy in place that moves the Democrats forward in previously ceded territory is that the old school becomes more diluted.

Who says you can't win races in key areas and also build the Democratic Party in previously weak areas?

Pelosi and Reid do, apparently.

What they are missing is that Democrats could win all the races they wanted to, if they acted like they were the 49% minority, instead of projecting a 3% power-base aura of failure.

Democrats need a backbone, and they need to stand up to Bush's monstrous mismanagement of the government, the Constitution, and our "freedoms."

The bought-and-paid-for media wants Dean to fail, so they put out these teaser stories.