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  Deaniacs pitch in for Kerry - The Boston Globe
Deaniacs pitch in for Kerry - The Boston Globe
Now the self-described Deaniacs are in the somewhat uncomfortable position of witnessing the nomination of John F. Kerry, a man they once derided as a tool of special-interest groups.
Other Deaniacs said they have accepted the reality that with Dean out of the race, they have to help Kerry.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/07/26/deaniacs_pitch_in_for_kerry   (617 words)

  
 SR.com: 'Deaniacs' still intact and engaged
Deaniacs remain a cohesive political force, according to a study.
Most of the former presidential candidate's followers who participated in the survey said they wished there were a viable third party, but only one in 10 said they hoped the Democratic Party would "die off and be replaced" with a new one.
But Pew discovered potential bad news for Dean: Not only are the self-described "Deaniacs" out of step with other Americans on contentious issues such as gay marriage, they also differ with fellow Democrats on many positions.
www.spokesmanreview.com /tools/story_pf.asp?ID=63562   (486 words)

  
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Deaniacs are, however, are richer, better educated, more secular, and much less ethnically diverse that average Democrats in the general population.
Deaniacs are newcomers to political activism, 42% of these activists and two-thirds of those under 30 years old said this campaign was their first shot at political activism.
Many Deaniacs are concerned with the direction of the Democratic Party and disapprove of the leadership, but are still committed to the party.
www.nationalpolitical.com /column_template.htm?&the_ID=42570d820e08944c_3592&populate_page=8   (757 words)

  
 Howard Dean, Rush Limbough battle in Capture the Flag
The Limbough crowd wanted to have the game before the end of September, but the Deaniacs had to postpone until late December since they would all be in school until winter break.
The Deaniacs did not notice the pill popping though, as they were busy drinking lattes.
The Deaniacs cried foul, noting that agreed upon rules prohibited escape from the jail.
people.ku.edu /~dsinger/f27e.htm   (514 words)

  
 "Deaniacs" -- 17,000 in New Jersey -- could emerge as a force in state politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
The grass-roots activists, many of them political newcomers, who through their energy and financial dedication to Dean's cause helped elevate the former Vermont governor to the head of the Democratic pack late last year are being asked to attend a "meet-up" on March 3.
The Deaniacs are a valuable commodity because of their energy and the potential impact many of them could have as first-time voters.
State Democrats would surely love to enlist the efforts of the Deaniacs, but whether the group, which was united around a national candidates and national issues, will turn its focus to state politics is uncertain.
www.politicsnj.com /kornacki021904_dean.htm   (907 words)

  
 F&M | Center for Politics and Public Affairs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
No better recent example of political smoke and mirrors is the 2004 political phenomenon de jour--the Deaniacs, Howard Dean�s eponymous grass root supporters, supposedly materialized out of the political ether, an eclectic group of youthful believers that flocked to his campaign and made his candidacy viable.
But even if Dean had won, there would still be reason to doubt the Deaniacs are representative of their generation, especially the much touted college students who were part of the campaign.
And the UCLA data suggest that Deaniacs and their college peers live in very different political worlds.
server1.fandm.edu /organizations/politics/040226SmokeAndMirrors.htm   (970 words)

  
 Franklin & Marshall - Smoke And Mirrors
No better recent example of political smoke and mirrors is the 2004 political phenomenon de jour--the Deaniacs, Howard Dean's eponymous grass root supporters, supposedly materialized out of the political ether, an eclectic group of youthful believers that flocked to his campaign and made his candidacy viable.
But even if Dean had won, there would still be reason to doubt the Deaniacs are representative of their generation, especially the much touted college students who were part of the campaign.
And the UCLA data suggest that Deaniacs and their college peers live in very different political worlds.
www.fandm.edu /x4094.xml   (1001 words)

  
 NewDonkey.com
And out in the blogosphere, former Deaniacs are getting excited about this possibility as a way to resume their Long March to control of the party and eventually the country, which was so rudely interrupted by the caucus-goers of Iowa last January.
Some Deaniacs may imagine that conquering the DNC would represent an "outsider" assault on the ramparts of The Party Establishment and the Washington Cabal of corporate interests and Clintonites who keep dragging Democrats into (sic!) cooperation with Republicans.
Since so many Deaniacs self-consciously identify with the efforts of the conservative movement to take over the other party, I'll remind them of an acute comment made by Theodore White about the bitter disappointment of Goldwater activists when their leader, Cliff White, was passed over for the chairmanship of the RNC in 1964:
www.newdonkey.com /2004/11/dean-and-long-green.html   (451 words)

  
 Party's over, but the Deaniacs are here to stay | US elections 2004 | Guardian Unlimited
It would have to be for a particular person I believed in," said Aaron Lavallee, 24, who had left his well-paid job as an accountant last summer to work 14 hours a day on the Dean campaign.
The last night of the Deaniacs was a bitter-sweet affair.
Some recovering Deaniacs said that dislike of the president would replace devotion to Dean as their motivation.
www.guardian.co.uk /uselections2004/story/0,13918,1151133,00.html   (924 words)

  
 Deaniacs
Deaniacs calls on the DLC to support all Democratic candidates.
Deaniacs sees light at the end of the tunnel as the mainstream media starts covering what's really going on in the White House.
As Governor Dean said in his announcement speech, "We are the great grassroots campaign of the modern era, built from mouse-pads, shoe leather and hope." Deaniacs are doing it with vibram, not shoe leather, but we're still thrilled by the flood of individual support.
deaniacs.blogspot.com /2003_07_01_deaniacs_archive.html   (3220 words)

  
 'Deaniacs' ponder party's larger goals - The Boston Globe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
They have dated Howard Dean and would still love to marry him, but in the end, local Deaniacs might have to accept the hand of Senator John Kerry as the Democratic Party's choice to challenge President Bush.
Many area Democrats say they will continue to support the former Vermont governor in his bid to win the Democratic presidential nomination.
But he didn't raise his hand to Chasan's question, explaining that he was more anti-Bush these days than pro-Dean.
www.boston.com /news/politics/president/articles/2004/02/08/deaniacs_ponder_partys_larger_goals   (868 words)

  
 Roger L. Simon: You've been robbed, Deaniacs!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Deaniacs may be "genuinely idealistic liberals", as you say, but the final verdict must be that they were also "fundamentally unserious" participants in the politcial process.
Too often it appeared to this unbiased commentator that Deaniacs were Deaniacs for the thrill of being part of a self-designated, morally superior cadre.
That the Deaniacs attributed untainted "idealism" to the policy positions they support is no more grounded in fact than yours truly claiming moral purity for the positions he supports.
www.rogerlsimon.com /archives/00000680.htm   (2747 words)

  
 Hannah's Blog: Deaniacs on Parade
One sign is so wrinkled and worn it looks like it was accidentally left in someone's shirt pocket and put in the wash. Like a longtime fan sporting a tattered T-shirt at a rock concert, the delegate refuses to part with it.
But the true Deaniac spirit is carried on by the delegates who drew up signs using posterboard and magic marker, like a fourth-grade art project.
The most enthusiastic Deaniacs seem to be in the back, in the worst seats, in the red states where Democrats can't win.
hannah.smith-family.com /archive/000287.html   (643 words)

  
 The Imperfect Storm | News | The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper
It is close to being the norm among Deaniacs, as the campaign's hardcore supporters, now numbering close to 600,000, are known.
Of the Deaniacs I meet in Iowa, it is interesting how many of them say they either left, considered leaving, or at least talked about leaving the country since the debacle of the 2000 election and the country's post-9/11 shift to the right.
Ominously, many who are reached have already committed to other candidates--as the days pass I hear a lot of prescient accounts from Deaniacs of coming across many Kerry and Edwards (though few Gephardt) supporters in their assigned neighborhoods--and the clear-cut successes are few and far between.
www.thestranger.com /seattle/Content?oid=16920   (4685 words)

  
 The American Thinker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Deaniacs charge the Kerry campaign with carrying out “dirty tricks” in order to upset what should have been an easy Dean victory.
Though disappointed Deaniacs have trouble articulating exactly what the “dirty tricks” were, their emotions are running high and they want revenge against Kerry, a candidate who embodies the kind of sell-out, establishment Democrat whom Deaniacs abhor.
This is the ultimate betrayal in the eyes of Deaniacs, who are made up largely of angry left-wing true-believers.
www.americanthinker.com /articles.php?article_id=3389   (766 words)

  
 WILLisms.com: Deaniac Attack!
In other words, the Deaniacs and the left hemisphere of the blogosphere are one in the same.
Deaniacs reluctantly put up with Kerry in 2004, but moving forward they want their nominee and their party to reflect their far-left values.
Democrats seeking the nomination may have a tough time meeting the requirements of the increasingly organized and influential Deaniacs (Dean is now the leader of his party, after all) without appearing too liberal and losing the support of moderates in the general election.
www.willisms.com /archives/2005/04/deaniac_attack.html   (804 words)

  
 GregsOpinion.com: Dean Dem Comparison
Clearly, though, the Deaniac wing of the party would be wise to look at the results and realize there's a whole nuther party out there that doesn't look anything like them, yet calls themselves Democrats.
Their views are reflected in the prominent left wing blogs and those perspectives are probably just as representative of the views of the mainstream of the Democratic Party as they are.
The problem for you Deaniacs is that when a candidate in the mold of McGovern-Carter-Mondale-Dukakis-Kerry is the nominee of the now minority Democratic Party, these Democrats suddenly become swing voters.
www.gregsopinion.com /archives/005887.html   (790 words)

  
 A Crisis of Faith
After a pre-debate rally tonight, busloads of Deaniacs converged on Jillian's, a hip bar/pool hall/arcade on the west side of town.
With Klieg lights carving up the night sky, the Deaniacs are excited for tonight's showdown, hoping that Howard Dean will stop the bleeding and perhaps even start the turnaround.
Inside, staffers and volunteers huddle in little groups extolling the "fantastic energy" at the rally, but by the time the debate begins, they seem to have come down from their rally high.
www.weeklystandard.com /Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/634lixho.asp   (550 words)

  
 New Partisan - Articles - Rise of the Aca-Deaniacs
Like the fascist writers of the 1930’s from whom their postmodern teachers had drawn their ideas, these Deaniacs were both engaged in politics and deeply cynical about democracy, which they saw as a game manipulated by nefarious forces led by Fox News.
I was taken aback by my conversation with the Deaniacs; their sheer coarseness stunned me. Even at the height of the “Ronald Reagan is going to blow up the world” mania of the 1980’s, I had never seen a “Fuck Reagan” button.
This doesn’t speak to whether the acadeaniacs and Deaniacs were right or wrong about Iraq, but it does explain why they’re unable to give coherent reasons for their views.
www.newpartisan.com /home/rise-of-the-aca-deaniacs.html   (3326 words)

  
 Creative Loafing Atlanta | NEWS & VIEWS | WHITHER THE DEANIACS?
For a machine that propelled Dean to the top of the polls with Internet campaigning and impromptu Meetups, and where state organizations were entrusted to campaign as they saw fit, a month has been too long to wait.
Deaniacs have taken matters into their own hands, pledging continued support for their man in ways both tangible and symbolic.
What CL didn't have time to ask the former Vermont governor is whether his monthlong wait in announcing his own organization is leading to a splintering of efforts across the country, and what he and his people can do to elect John Kerry, the presumptive nominee.
www.atlanta.creativeloafing.com /2004-03-11/news_feature.html   (1034 words)

  
 Cranial Cavity
Pollsters point to a Iowa landslide for the Deaniacs, who have been drawn by the thousands heeding the call for raising taxes, enviromental activism, sending Bush back to Crawford, showing the door to special interests and Washington elites.
The Deaniacs fail to show on a cold primary night, apparently more concerned with "Texting" friends, posting to their weblogs, and downloading MP3'S for their Ipod's.
The speech is highlighted by each goal of the Deaniacs emphasized by the ending tagline, "and we will" The loss sends the Deaniacs into panic mode and assemble at base camp to plot the next move.
cranialcavity.net /archives/000296.html   (673 words)

  
 Blog For Arizona: On 'Hogtying the Deaniacs' by Joshua Frank
Although Nader's peaceful embrace was more in line with their anti-war principles -- the 2004 elections were simply not the time to stand up for what they believed in.
Let's hope that the Deaniacs (the few not having multiple orgasms over this 'success') break ranks and hang Howard Dean and the Democrats out to dry like a pair of stanky old socks.
For many Deaniacs, the fact that he is reliably centrist on many issues is a deep comfort.
dean4az.blogspot.com /2005/02/on-hogtying-deaniacs-by-joshua-frank.html   (1092 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Deaniacs Are Election Wild Card - You Decide 2004
However, I also very strongly believe in the need to vote for a candidate, which I can do so with full confidence and faith, not by holding my nose and choosing the lesser of two undesirable choices,” said the sophomore at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa.
Deaniacs have been abuzz on the Web with opinions on where they should now throw their support.
Although Dean supporters may not be quite as energized as they would be if their man were the nominee, their dislike of Bush will mean a good Deaniac turnout at the polls, he said.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,113007,00.html   (1115 words)

  
 Arkansas News Bureau - Democrats, Deaniacs and Greens
But that should not obscure the fact that just two months ago he was the presumptive Democratic nominee who had raised more money than any Democratic presidential candidate had ever raised.
It turned out the Deaniacs amounted only to 15 to 20 percent of the Democratic primary vote in the first 17 states.
But it might well be that his 15 to 20 percent included previously uninvolved Democrats who might offset any Green Party erosion or previously disenchanted Democrats who might have been direct participants in that erosion.
www.arkansasnews.com /archive/2004/02/23/JohnBrummett/129018.html   (553 words)

  
 Power Line: Whither the Deaniacs?
Governor Dean's announcement appears to have prompted expressions of bitter disappointment that suggest the possible nontranferability of the Deaniacs' support to the remaining viable candidates.
If these comments are genuine and representative, they may be indicative of the disunity of the Democratic base and the persistence of the Nader threat.
But after reading this, I have to wonder whether the process of patching things up in the Democratic party may be a...
www.powerlineblog.com /archives/005955.php   (1949 words)

  
 On the floor with the Deaniacs in Boston. - By Chris Suellentrop - Slate Magazine
On the floor with the Deaniacs in Boston.
But the true Deaniac spirit is carried on by the delegates who drew up signs using posterboard and magic marker, like a fourth-grade art project.
The most enthusiastic Deaniacs seem to be in the back, in the worst seats, in the red states where Democrats can't win.
www.slate.com /id/2104454   (751 words)

  
 The Deaniacs - A Concord Monitor Article - Your News Source - Concord NH 03301
uring the presidential primary campaign, descriptions of "Deaniacs," the supporters of the candidacy of former Vermont governor Howard Dean, usually included words like "personality cult, radicals, leftists and elitist yuppies." Some of those characterizations, it turns out, were accurate.
Their candidate gave his answer to the second by defeating other candidates to become chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
And the Deaniacs - roughly half a million of them -intend to remain players.
www.cmonitor.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050408/REPOSITORY/504080328/1027/OPINION01   (553 words)

  
 The Dartmouth Review: Deaniac for a Day
Joining her was a four-man camera crew from the "NBC Nightly News" that continued to outnumber the Deaniacs in the room until 8:05, when the total rose to a hearty six or seven supporters.
Driven by the Deaniacs (I hope they were college-registered drivers!), the vans would be on fifteen-minute rotations stopping at dorms and "pulling" supporters from their rooms to scurry them off to the polls.
One Deaniac even approached me, albeit a little "potted," and covered a few letters on the "Howard Dean for America" sign in front of me. "You know what's cool about these signs?" he asked.
dartreview.com /archives/2004/02/07/deaniac_for_a_day.php   (1749 words)

  
 Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print » Where Have Deaniacs and Kucinich Supporters Gone?
I date a Deaniac off and on, a creative but boisterous person in his 40’s with lots of vision and all that.
In the case of running for office, being careful about who to accept campaign contributions from, and no compunctions about doing favors for contributors if he is ever elected, after all he was paid to do them.
My Deaniac friend is currently sulking, thinking about running for state rep again, not politically active in anything, doesn’t care about habeas corpus or any issues at all for that matter, just wants to make a lot of money and be in a financial position where he could get married.
irregulartimes.com /index.php/archives/2006/11/10/where-have-deaniacs-and-kucinich-supporters-gone   (1737 words)

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