A picture post and quotes from the DNC meeting

Governor Dean at the DNC meeting in Chicago. Just some pics and captions. The meeting replays at 2:03 ET, and Dean's speech starts half an hour in. It was a tremendous speech, record it. Don't forget. It will also replay just Dean's speech after Road to the WH on C-Span tomorrow...I think at 6:30 and 9:30 but you need to check on that.



Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean, left, applauds Rev. Jesse Jackson after Jackson addressed members of the DNC during their summer meeting in Chicago, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006. The DNC is expected to add Nevada and South Carolina to the early presidential voting states. The change is designed to address a nagging problem for Democrats: How to give a greater voice in selecting a presidential nominee to minorities who are
among the party's most loyal supporters.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)



Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean addresses members of the DNC during their summer meeting in Chicago, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006. The DNC is expected to add Nevada and South Carolina to the early presidential voting states. The change is designed to address a nagging problem for Democrats: How to give a greater voice in selecting a presidential nominee to minorities who are among the party's most loyal supporters.(AP
Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

And one more picture just for fun.


And a favorite quote from the Hotline blog today, he really went after Iraq and Bush.

"Iraq is sliding into civil war," Dean said in his address to the DNC general session this morning. "Iran is about to obtain nuclear weapons. North Korea has four times more nuclear weapons than they did when Bush took office. The Taliban is coming back in Afghanistan partly because we don't have enough troops there, partly because they're in Iraq. And five years after 9/11, Osama bin Laden is still free."

Dean said the "occupation" of Iraq "comes at great cost" to American voters, "a majority of whom oppose the war and agree with the Democratic position that we should begin a phased redeployment of our troops by the end of the year." [JOHN MERCURIO]

I am glad to see the word "occupation" used in connection with Iraq now. Howard Dean did a super job today presiding. Record it at 2:03. Worth it.

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