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LIVE FROM INDIANAPOLIS, IT?S SUNDAY NIGHT 9:30 UPDATE

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

The program is running late, no big surprise.  These things always happen.  DNC Chairman Howard Dean has just taken the stage.  He continues to stress the message of unity.  He says Democrats will win, regardless of who the party nominates.  Dean says Democrats have a chance to win in places where they haven’t won before.

Dean said he understands how a candidate’s supporters can be upset if they don’t win, but this race is bigger than the candidates.  He said the race is about the future and Democrats will need to come together.

He also said John McCain was out of touch with the nation and he took a swipe at Governor Mitch Daniels for leasing the Indiana Toll Road and bringing Daylight Savings Time to Indiana.

Dean reminded the audience that the election will be close.    Dean was briefly interrupted by Clinton supporters who demanded the votes of Michigan and Florida be counted towards the primary.

Dean also told his fellow Democrats that they were more influential in affecting the outcome of the Presidential race than traditional get-out-the-vote efforts.    He encouraged them to go out and talk to their neighbors and convince them to vote for Democrats in the fall.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on May 04, 2008 (boomark / email).