LABOUR DRAFTS IN U.S. ELECTION ARCHITECT FOR ‘OUR MIDTERMS’
HOWARD DEAN TO ADVISE PARTY ON CAMPAIGNING STRATEGY AHEAD OF KEY MAY VOTE
UK Guardian (11/9/06) -- Labour has enlisted one of the engineers of this week's Democratic victory in the US midterm elections in an attempt to boost its flagging fortunes before the local elections in May.
Howard Dean, the former presidential candidate and one of the men credited with masterminding the trouncing of the Republicans, will visit the UK next month to brief party officials about his pioneering campaigning techniques.
"The Welsh, Scottish and local elections next year are our midterms," said Hazel Blears, Labour's chair. "It has to be done differently for us to carry on being successful ... We're looking at how
have upped their game."
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