Dean's Going to the Grassroots

March 18, 2004

Today, former Presidential candidate Howard Dean unveiled his new political organization, Democracy for America (DFA). Dean hopes to tap into the grassroots energy from his presidential campaign to increase voter turnout, increase support for progressive issues, raise funds for progressive candidates and elect a progressive candidate, John Kerry, to the presidency. DFA plans to:

1. Recruit and encourage progressive candidates to run for office at every level. We will help them find the resources to campaign successfully with small donations from grassroots supporters, to begin to break the stranglehold special interests have on the political process.

2. Raise funds for Congressional candidates for whom financial support could be the key to winning, and whose election will be key to winning back a House of Representatives that has become the tool of the Republican right wing.

3. Develop strategic partnerships with other progressive organizations to maximize resources for candidate recruitment, training, and organization.

4. Build relationships with other political initiatives to focus on the failed, destructive policies of the Bush administration.

5. Harness the power of the Internet to enlarge and support our grassroots organization committed to taking back America from special interests that control the right wing leadership of our Congress and the White House.

Tomorrow morning, Dean will be speaking about DFA here in New York at The New School.

Posted by Andrew Raff at March 18, 2004 10:19 PM