15,000 people in Seattle for Dean!!!!

Just looked at Dean's site. This blows away projections as to how large the gathering would be.
Exciting stuff!
http://www.DeanforAmerica.com

Dean blog is going nuts!!

Ahem, I meant, Zounds! :+

15,000 anti-war people show up in a metro area of 3 and a half million, and you see that as an indication that he would get 45 million plus?

talk about leaps in logic

It is inevitable. :evilgrin:

I hate Dean and his campaign more than any other democrat I have ever hated. I'll never support such a haughty, hypocritical, egomaniac.

He doesn't need me, he has enough support from the right-wing power structure and all of there tools of corruption that I assure you are at least a small part of the reason for his numbers and his unfair media saturation

his support is more than anti-war people and deep down you know it. Even in Iowa where the Des Moine Register had a poll showing Dean leading Gephardt among Union members and with people 50 and over.
By the way since your being so smug about it with your statement of 15,000 in a metro area of 3.5 million--how many people is your candidate pulling in at rallies? and if it is less than Dean (and it probably is since Dean has been the only one really attracting huge crowds at this time) how does that bode as an indication for your candidate to get 45 million plus?

Edwards could win because he has the most comprehensive plan of any candidate to offer solutions to the problems America has faced for a long time and now faces, he doesn't exascerbate certain dem weaknesses, and he comes off as optimistic, charismatic, and genuine.

a dem doesn't need to be getting huge crowds now because 90 percent of the voters(in the general) aren't really paying attention, and still won't be till well after the first primaries

if there was a huge civil liberties protection movement or a corporate acountability/regulation movement that he could have pounced on, Edwards would be getting the huge crowds

but there was an anti-war movement and Dean made the political decision to latch onto it

if there are any non anti-iraq-war Dean supporters they probably are a fraction of a percent of his supporters, and casual supporters at that

that is what comes down to and you know it. It all stems off of that.

Sour grapes and the obsession with the idea that they must have been right.

Dean's campaign is fueled by emotion over logic

in a city of 3.5 million. Edwards has some good ideas. I would like to see the best ideas of all the candidates incorporated by our eventual nominee. But I think Dean has terrific ideas as well and enthusiasm.

that because he drew a big crowd in a democratic primary, that it some how dismisses his lack of electability among 90 million plus voters

He didn't grow up in a mill town, looking at poor people with lint in their hair...

"I grew up in a mill town..."
"I grew up in a mill town..."
"I grew up in a mill town..."
"I grew up in a mill town..."
"I grew up in a mill town..."
"I grew up in a mill town..."
"I grew up in a mill town..."

Wait I'm sorry, I didn't quite get that the first time John...

"I grew up in a mill town..."

Oh, OK...

his grandpappy was a sharecropper!

He really needs to calm down with all that "I'm an incredibly regular guy, and I'm going to remind you every two seconds" crap.

showing up.

Sorry but if 15,000 people actually showed up, that mean's tons more wanted to.

Marketing 101, if just one person "calls", 100 more wanted to. It's one hell of a focus group.

Dean is getting so much press for a reason. The money he is raising, the large crowds. He's a savy campaigner - what's wrong with that?

In regards to your man, Mr.Edwards. I have tons of respect for - but all I know is the same old story about his humble beginings. I'm signed up for both Kerry & Edwards e-mail list. I'm very disappointed in the lack of information and the type of information. Kerry will be in my city TOMORROW - I had no idea! It was in the paper this AM.

What will you do when Dean wins the nomination? Who do you hate more, Mr. Dean or Mr. Bush?

...(cue sound of crickets...chiiirp...chiiiirrrp...chiiirrrp).........

Oh, I guess the real Democratic support will show up after the election?

Sorry, it's primary season, and he who excites his base gets to run.


-Sandy

Not to say that Dean will end up the same way, but there is alot of time until the primaries.

That really is an impressive crowd though.

Also, note that Dean is drawing 15,000 well *before* the general election.

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The Madison Square Garden rally is the sixth in a series of volunteer-coordinated rallies that have drawn the largest crowds for any presidential candidate, demonstrating a groundswell of grassroots support for Nader/LaDuke. Crowds of 10-12,000 have turned out to the paid rallies in Portland, Minneapolis, Seattle and Boston demanding Nader’s participation in the presidential debates. There is also a rally in Chicago, Illinois on October 10th.
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http://www.votenader.com/press/0001009msgrally.html

I thought Nader's crowds were impressive at the time, since none of the major candidates were getting anything like that at their rallies. Dean really has things cooking right now.

What things will be like right before the general election remains to be seen. The crowds may get even bigger.

...A crowd that large on a Sunday night in August months before the first caucus deserves it...

Link to Late Breaking News Thread on 15,000 in Seattle

Though I'm a Kucinich supporter deep in to my thought process...I love it that Dean received such support...first time ever I've said something positive about Dean...WOW, usually it's the word...moderate...ugh!

http://www.ericblumrich.com/gta.html