NATIONAL DRAFT DEAN FOR VP COMMITTEE AIMS FOR 200,000 SIGNATURES
Group champions Howard Dean as the Democratic VP to a combined 1.2 million registered supporters and goes for a Guinness Book record for the world's largest committee
(Los Angeles, CA) A national petition movement was launched Monday to create the world's largest vice-presidential draft committee in order to convince the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Senator John Kerry, to pick Governor Howard Dean, MD, as his running mate. The Draft Dean for VP Committee is hoping to ignite a national grassroots fire to demonstrate to the Kerry campaign and average Americans alike the formidable potential electoral strength of a Kerry/Dean ticket.
A website has been set up to manage the petition campaign. Go here to sign the petition.
http://www.draftdeanforvp.org/petition.html
The website appears just as Kerry and Dean have resumed appearances together on the campaign trail.
The National Draft Dean for VP Committee was started by grassroots supporters of a Kerry/Dean ticket and is chaired by Becca Doten, Michael Faulkner, and Michael Meurer, formerly of LA for Dean. They are using the same kind of innovative Internet tactics used by Dean's grassroots supporters during the 2003 Democratic primary season. News about the petition drive will be sent out across America on the AP wire, Yahoo!® groups, blogs, through personal email blasts and at Meet Ups.
The website features the Draft Dean petition, candidate comparisons, and even a link to buy Draft Dean for VP merchandise. Website creator and Draft Dean co-founder Michael Meurer said today, "Democrats are looking for a clear, bold alternative to the extreme radicalism of Bush/Cheney Republicans. A Kerry/Dean ticket offers a winning combination of experience and passion that we believe will inspire and motivate voters across the Democratic spectrum as well as moderate Republicans and independents." Citing the combined total of registered supporters for both candidates, Meurer said, "1.2 million active, motivated supporters will be hard to stop!"
Every supporter who fills out the online Draft Dean petition automatically becomes a member of the National Draft Dean for VP Committee. The group's supporters are aiming for a record 200,000 signatures before Kerry selects his VP.
Sign the petition here, if you like. I suppose it's worth a try. And, hey, only 199,000 more signatures to go! They will, however, be giving all your information to the Kerry campaign. If you don't want emails from the Kerry Kamp, then I'd advise against giving your email address. Actually, you can pick and choose which information you wish to give.
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Wednesday, May 26
NATIONAL DRAFT DEAN FOR VP COMMITTEE AIMS FOR 200,000 SIGNATURES
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Linda Thieman
on Wed 26 May 2004 04:42 PM CDT
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Linda Thieman
on Wed 26 May 2004 11:37 AM CDT
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Dean Was Right
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Linda Thieman
on Wed 26 May 2004 05:15 AM CDT
Dean Was Right
I don't usually publish links to articles rehashing the Dean campaign, mainly because Alta and I are both the type who prefer to deal with the lessons of the past by focusing on what we can accomplish right now and in the future. But this article, out yesterday in The American Prospect, is one article worth reading. It tells us what we Dean supporters have always known: that when Howard Dean said the capture of Saddam Hussein did not make us any safer, he was right. Read the article here. It's called "He Told You So," by Matthew Yglesias. |
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