Dean & the DNC of course did give Ford & other "DLC candidate's" money, (though it would never be enough for the DLC, because I believe they had other long term motives operating here)...Since there were other candidates in other states that won because of Dean's 50 state strategy, that the same candidates otherwise would NEVER even of had a chance to compete against republican money under the DLC plan.
What was the DLC was offering, just the same old DLC Dem plan, that Rove had targeted for 2006 and has in the past done quite successfully with the republican owned electronic voting machines even this past election...Don't believe it check it out...
http://electiondefensealliance.org /
But Dean threw Rove & the Republicans off...It seems the corporate sponsored & run DLC was going to go right along with the republicans plan (knowing or unknowing) of targeting just races the Dems had a chance to win, the republican were sitting and waiting for to steal votes, with that old dumb DLC tactics and plan.
But the DLC was much more diabolical in my opinion, they simply wanted to get their Dem candidates elected and then they would easily be able to point the finger at Dean for losing the House by a few seats - Then outs Dean from the DNC and get Carville (Clinton's boy) or some other DLC asshole in as head of the DNC and push for Hillary at the DNC! So the DLC would have ALL the power (DNC & DLC) going into 2008. I don't trust Carville & and his crazy republican wife for a second, they have other motives for lust & power and the spotlight.
And why was Rahn Emmanuel/DLC screaming at Dean at the DNC offices two weeks before the election? Emmanuel wanted Dean to abandon his 50 state strategy in the last two weeks before the elections and screamed loudly at Dean and stormed out angrily.
But, Dean thankfully stood his ground stood his ground...and it put a severe obstacle in Rove & republican plans, just two weeks before the elections…everything changed…Maybe Dean figured out & knew about all of this in advance…whatever, it paid off for us Dems.
This time Dean was too smart & quick for the bastards at the DLC! (and Rove & the republicans as well).
And, as Dean has said we still have to get rid of the easily hack-able electronic voting machines (Diebold, ES&S, etc). And that should be a major part of the new Democratic House's agenda, certainly before 2008.
Cheers to Howard Dean & all the Dem voters in ALL 50 states that made it possible!!