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NEW YORK - Acting swiftly as his party's presumed presidential nominee, Barack Obama is keeping Howard Dean at the helm of the Democratic National Committee, while bringing in one of his top strategists to oversee the party's operations.
ADVERTISEMENTThe campaign also announced that the DNC will no longer accept donations from lobbyists and political action committees, to comply with Obama's campaign policy. Party officials say they expect the DNC's staff to quickly expand to run an aggressive general election campaign.
Campaign adviser Paul Tewes was dispatched to help lead the changes Thursday.
"Senator Obama appreciates the hard work that Chairman Dean has done to grow our party at the grass-roots level and looks forward to working with him as the chairman of the Democratic Party as we go forward," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said.
By keeping Dean as party chairman, Obama ended up taking sides in a long-running dispute between Washington-based Democratic Party leaders and state party officials. Although Obama campaign officials have expressed concern in the past that the party did not have enough money, Obama shares Dean's goal of building the party from the ground up, even in states where Republicans dominate.
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This is a good sign that Obama is keeping Dean, they are both on the same page about building the party in all 50 states and that Obama is taking the helm of the party. Strong integration of the DNC will help him get elected and help the DNC raise more money.
- 7 votes
#1 - Thu Jun 5, 2008 1:12 PM EDTThe first of a hoped many positive results of supporting Obama.
Tell the lobbyist to put their money back in the pockets and crawl back under their rocks.
- 6 votes
Back under their rocks indeed.
- 3 votes
Banning Lobbyist money is a wonderful sign!! hmmm this seems a little dangerous. People who benefit from lobbyist money may push back.
- 1 vote
@Independent Rob, #1.3: When change arrives, there are always those who fight against it. Overall, though, I believe this is change for the better, and worth fighting for (assuming some do push back).
- 1 vote
Poor guy, I'll always remember him for his crazy outburst. ha ha
- 3 votes
#2 - Thu Jun 5, 2008 1:14 PM EDTHopefully he'll outlive that reputation and replace it with a successful DNC chairmanship, AB.
- 4 votes
Ah, I have nothing significant against him. It's my own betraying mind that always makes me relive that day whenever I see or hear his name.
- 3 votes
Well, it helps that CNN played the clip hundreds of times, literally. I think that CNN single-handedly ruined Dean's campaign.
- 5 votes
I concur.
Do not underestimate the power that popular media has on our minds! ;[
- 2 votes
I hope nothing similar befalls Obama.
- 3 votes
"BYAAAAAH!!!" - Howard Dean
- 1 vote
Well, it helps that CNN played the clip hundreds of times, literally. I think that CNN single-handedly ruined Dean's campaign
I am glad you remembered that. It was the first hard evidence, of how a single network can kill a campaign. who cares what FOX thinks because everyone knows their agenda. But CNN at the time was so very respected for balanced news.
- 5 votes
I remember being shocked at how many times they played that clip. They just played it on a permanent loop or something.
- 3 votes
This is excellent news. Obama is already getting a lot of power, and for once it's power to do good! Hopefully this will continue.
- 3 votes
#3 - Thu Jun 5, 2008 4:48 PM EDTSweet, no lobbyist $ for the Dems. I'd like to see McCain and the GOP do this too.......and pigs will fly tomorrow....LOL!
McCain's whole campaign is run by lobbyists - people he supposedly doesn't associate with.
- 3 votes
#4 - Thu Jun 5, 2008 9:02 PM EDTI'd like to think that smaller donors will reward Obama and the DNC by contributing more to make up for the shortfall from what would normally be a source of political cash.
- 4 votes
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't there a limit to how much you can donate to a campaign? Or is that just a local thing?
I would love it if the GOP would do the same thing. And then Washington would follow suite.
Can you imagine all that could be done without having lobbyists in the capitol all the time????
This would finally put all candidates on an level playing field.
- 1 vote
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