Ritter, Western Democrats to head New West Project
Pacified and Western Democrat are linking to John Aloysius Farrell's post about the New West Project. Me too, me too:
A group of the West's most influential Democrats is creating a new organization to try to capitalize on the party's recent success in the Rocky Mountain states and deliver the region's electoral votes to the Democratic ticket in 2008... At least four Western governors - Janet Napolitano of Arizona, Bill Richardson of New Mexico, Brian Schweitzer of Montana and Bill Ritter, Colorado's governor-elect - are expected to lead the group's advisory council, the sources said.
It's good to see regional Democrats aren't waiting for the national party to wise up. In 2004, the Kerry campaign wrote off Colorado. And just a few months ago, the DCCC signaled its high hopes for CD5 without getting into the race, essentially putting a target on our nominee without giving him a bulletproof vest.
The new organization creates a powerful block within the Democratic party that understands the reasons the West is shading blue.
A group of the West's most influential Democrats is creating a new organization to try to capitalize on the party's recent success in the Rocky Mountain states and deliver the region's electoral votes to the Democratic ticket in 2008... At least four Western governors - Janet Napolitano of Arizona, Bill Richardson of New Mexico, Brian Schweitzer of Montana and Bill Ritter, Colorado's governor-elect - are expected to lead the group's advisory council, the sources said.
It's good to see regional Democrats aren't waiting for the national party to wise up. In 2004, the Kerry campaign wrote off Colorado. And just a few months ago, the DCCC signaled its high hopes for CD5 without getting into the race, essentially putting a target on our nominee without giving him a bulletproof vest.
The new organization creates a powerful block within the Democratic party that understands the reasons the West is shading blue.
1 Comments:
One more reason why it makes NO sense to have the 2008 convention in NYC. Let the DNC (www.dnc.org) know that we DEMAND and DESERVE the convention here in Denver and that they would be crazy to choose ol' been there, done that, eastern establishment NYC. If we can elect a Dem Governor by 16 points here in the supposedly red west, we're the ones Dems need to show the party how to take the White House in 2008.
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