The brothers Dean: "I thought Jim Dean made sausage."

[madfloridian]

I don't have a clue why the Washington Times has covered Dean lately without being insulting....so this is not bad at all. I still hate to link to the paper, though. I saw this in the updates at the blog tonight.

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050328-125300-2917r.htm

SNIP..." "I thought Jim Dean made sausage."
Such is one familiar refrain whenever conversation of late turns to brothers Howard Dean and Jim Dean, who together, one might argue, are steering the Democratic Party into the 21st century.
We know the former as a past governor of Vermont and unsuccessful 2004 presidential candidate who recently took control of a Democratic National Committee in need of jump-starting. The latter isn't as well-known.

SNIP..."Founded one month after he withdrew as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, the DFA supports progressive candidates -- from school boards to the White House -- while fighting "the far- right-wing and their radical, divisive policies and the selfish special interests that for too long have dominated our politics."

Bottom-line goal: rebuild the Democratic Party from the ground up.
"It really started out as an initiative similar to what Ralph Reed did during the 1980s -- trying to bring back progressive politics into places that have not had progressive politics for a long time," Jim Dean tells Inside the Beltway, referring to the former Christian Coalition leader who gave voice to a "silent majority" that has since propelled Republicans to the White House."

SNIP..."This election off-year, it has kept busy drafting state referendums and opposing President Bush's partial-privatization plans for Social Security. In the past six weeks, the DFA has expanded from 350 to 470 groups in all 50 states. For all that, Jim credits Howard."

Also at the blog today, the very first DFAlist.
http://www.blogforamerica.com/archives/006145.html

[Carolab]

1. Cool!

And so it begins...

[madfloridian]

3. From 350 to 470 in 6 weeks is quite amazing.

I just noticed our meet-up has some new folks this time like it did last month.

[dorktv]

2. Yay go DFA!

[ProudToBeLiberal]

4. woot woot. the Deans are first nt