In new DNC Chairman Tim Kaine's acceptance speech, he praised Dean and the 50 State Strategy.
There's no question it'll be hard to match Howard Dean's record as chairman of this party. His 50-state strategy was simple and powerful. The Obama campaign adopted it and the results speak for themselves. The basic point-and the principle I'll carry with me as DNC Chair-is that everybody matters...
...You don't have to be a big donor for your donation to matter.
...You don't have to be an expert for your idea to matter.
...You don't have to be a full-time campaign worker for your effort to matter.
I will be true to that strategy-every state, every community, every person matters.
Together, we'll do some new things-because we can never rest on what worked yesterday. But we will never again as a party write off states or regions or people.
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The 50 state strategy is now and forever what Democrats do.
If Kaine keeps his word, it appears that reports of the demise of the Fifty State Strategy were greatly exaggerated. Good news for Texas.
