Slate Gives Credit for Dem Sweep to Emanuel and Schumer, Ignores Dean

[demwing]

Bastards.


Happy Nights
Why Democrats won for a change.
By Bruce Reed
http://www.slate.com/id/2153167/nav/tap1/

...But give Democrats credit. Apart from a foolish summer fling with Ned Lamont and a late Laugh-In cameo from John Kerry, Democrats did just about everything right and ran their best campaign in a decade. Field marshals Rahm Emanuel and Chuck Schumer ignored the virtual industry of self-help nonsense that has paralyzed Democrats' chattering classes and went back to a simple, proven formula: From the suburbs to the heartland, elections are won in the center.

Emanuel and Schumer went out of their way to recruit candidates that could put the party's best face forward in otherwise-hostile territory. Despite pressure from various interests, they refused to impose ideological litmus tests. The result? Democrats did the opposite of what Republicans have been doing (and what losing Democratic campaigns usually do). Instead of shrinking their tent, Democrats made their big tent a lot bigger...

The ONLY mention of Dean was an off handed comment about Cheney attacking the good Doc.

Well fuck that. Howard Dean pushed for the strategy that enabled the sweep, and deserves the lion's share of credit. Slate contributor Bruce Reed can take a flying kiss at a rolling Krispy Kreme.

[hedda_foil]

1. Well natch! It;s written by Bruce Reed -- top DLC honcho

[patrice]

2. Doesn't make any difference how "center" your candidates are, read that

"all things to all people", if the People don't feel like part of the Democratic Party, if they're told and treated as though they don't count because they don't figure in somebody's strategy, you'll lose anyway, because we just won't be there for you.

Dr. Dean invited us ALL in. There are some people who don't like that.

[BlooInBloo]

3. lol! It was done IN SPITE of them! lolol

[madfloridian]

4. Bruce is Al From's buddy. One of the DLC leaders.

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[The Stranger]

5. Everyone knows it was Howard Dean.

He showed the rest of them how to fight. He gets all of the credit. Fuck Slate.