Reply #27: More ways of working with the DNC Ohio review team [View All]

[freeroo]

I'm from Ohio. I agree that the grassroots may be able to affect the outcome of the DNC review by taking a very positive approach.

After a few hours of research, I see the national review team as a mixed bag. For example, Professors Mebane, Herron, and Sekhon are related professionally and are apparently well-respected independent scholars in election analysis. With studies like one after Florida 2000 showing that Gore really won because of butterfly ballots, but also studies after Florida 2004 questioning some initial theories about anomalies in the Panhandle. Dr. Freeman and his consortium should submit all of their statistical work on Ohio directly to the DNC's three professors and try to find common ground.

Most importantly, I'd like to see a fund-raising event in Columbus at which election activists would contribute funds to the DNC that would match part or all of the $500,000.00 maximum that the DNC has pledged to spend for the Ohio review. And would rub elbows with the review team members.

Howard Dean sees grass-root fund raising and mobilization as the way to rebuild the Democratic Party. Raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to support the DNC review would send an unmistakable positive signal to the DNC and its review team. True, it might turn out to be a waste of money, but wouldn't it be a strategic investment of $100 for an election activist to try to strengthen the DNC's approach to the 2004 election in Ohio?