A Take on Governor Dean's Remarks

We heard from Governor Dean just now. The Governor has always had a great rapport with the hispanic community. Right out of the gates, he generated many smiles and chuckles by retelling an occasion were he spotted another politician attempt to speak to Latinos in Spanish, who ended up telling his crowd "estoy embarazado." As a physician, Governor Dean knew that this was a physical impossibility!

The Governor also praised Alvaro Cifuentes' work with the DNC Hispanic Caucus, mentioning that this would probably be the first and not third Summit were it not for Alvaro's tireless work. Looking around at the hundreds of participants, check-in volunteers, numerous workshop rooms, press briefing facility, and lineup of speakers, I have to agree that putting this event together must have been an incredibly complex project.

The Governor again touched on the 50 state strategy, and begin to outline some of the important ideas that differentiate us from the Republican party: why Education is so important, and shoring up our public schools. Public schools is the channel by which people begin their climb towards achievement in this country.

The difference today is that you can really gain a sense that there is a coalescing unity among the participants. This is a critical time when one party is dominating all branches of government, and it is the party least friendly to the hispanic community here in America. As Governor Dean goes on to point out, in the 40 years since the passage of the Voting Rights Act, there are now 81 members of Congress that are minorities. Of these 81 minority members of Congress, 4 are Republican.

This Summit is being carried out at a critical juncture, when the President will be nominating at least one (if not more) new Supreme Court justices, changes are looming on the horizon with respect to immigration, changes that could negatively impact the quality of life of millions of hispanics living and working in this country, many of the parents of very young US citizens. I am looking forward to hearing more concrete ideas about where we are going as a party, and how we are going to be able to strengthen the party and improve our communities.

NEXT: some ideas that have yielded incredible results in New York, presented by Adolfo Carrion.

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IS THE NEW DIRECTION TO REACH HISPANIC ALL OVER THE NATUON IS BECAUSE DE PARTY HAS RLEARNED FROM ITS MISTAKES OF THE PAST?

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MANDO on August 6, 2005 at 03:50 PM

IS THE NEW DIRECTION TO REACH HISPANIC ALL OVER THE NATUON IS BECAUSE DE PARTY HAS RLEARNED FROM ITS MISTAKES OF THE PAST?

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MANDO on August 6, 2005 at 03:50 PM

I fail to see why Howard Dean thinks its a good idea to allow illegals to cross our southern border and come into our country and live here illegally! What kind of message is he attempting to send - that he is willing to flaunt the laws of the United States and that our soverign borders mean nothing!

I am sick of liberals out of the northeast who persume that they can speak for everyone in the Democratic Party. I am a Democrat and Dean does NOT speak for me on the issue of immigration.

At some point it would seem that liberals out of the northeast might put aside their arrogance and get rid of their superiority complexes long enough to get a glimpse of the fact that most of the rest of the people in this country don't think as they do and they do NOT know what is best for everyone else.

Howard Dean and the Democratic National Committee might consult with rank and file Democrats before you get on a soapbox and make grand pronoucements about immigration, abortion, God, guns or homosexuals and end up antagonizing half the country.

I suggest that liberals out of the northeast form your own Likud Party and leave Democrats alone. You've done enough to destroy the Democratic Party so why don't you leave it and become Republicans or something.

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yeula on August 6, 2005 at 09:53 PM

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