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February 20, 2005

Democrats' Grass Roots Shift the Power

Will the dems grassroots movement reshape party politics? Read all about it in today's Washington Post. The facts speak for themselves:

1. the republicians beat the dems at the grassroots game in 2004.
2. given the make-up of the party, the democrats should have been able to get out more votes.

Democrats' Grass Roots Shift the Power (free reg required) (hat tip to ameriblog)

It is no surprise that Democratic leaders are paying much closer attention to grass-roots activists. In 2003 and 2004, those activists became prodigious contributors to the Democratic Party, to Kerry and to Dean, who first tapped into their potential through the Internet during his campaign for the Democratic nomination.