Dean...the ONLY candidate with truly broad minority support....

So, now, with the news of the DNC Hispanic Caucus endorsing Dean.

Elijah Cummings, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Sheila Jackson-Lee, DC City Council, and a number of other African-American leaders endorsing Dean.

Vast support in the LGBT community.

So which other candidate even comes close to Dean's support in these minority communities??

that opposed the war.

Here is a list:

Sharpton
CMB

So attack me if you wish...I'm just stating what's obvious to me.

Show us the endorsements for Sharpton and CMB...

The African-American community is not going lockstep behind anyone this year.

Dean has been agressively working hard in the minority community and it has paid off with many more endorsements from people in congress and community leaders than I've seen going to other candidates.

This is SO offensive to me, to line up people like trophies based on color. But since that seems to be the order of the day:

The committee members include:

· State Senator Henry Marsh, Richmond

· Delegate Lionell Spruill, Sr., Chesapeake

· Delegate Fenton L.Bland, Jr., Petersburg

· Delegate Kenneth C. Alexander, Norfolk

· Mayor William E. Ward, Chesapeake

· Mayor Rosalyn R. Dance, Petersburg

· Former Mayor and Chair of Democratic Party Black Caucus Josephine Marshall, South Boston

· Former Mayor Walter Kenney, Richmond

· Former Mayor Hermanze Fauntleroy, Petersburg

· Board of Supervisors Doretha Moody, Dinwiddie County

· Bishop Gerald O. Glenn, Chesterfield County

· Pastor Peter Jeffery, Petersburg

· School Board Member Zelda Tucker-Dugger, Petersburg

· School Board Member Dr. Maduabuchi A. Igbani, Charlottesville

· Democratic National Committee Member Jennifer McClellan, Richmond

· Porcher Taylor Veteran, Democratic Activist, Petersburg

· Leslie Speight, Veteran, Democratic Activist, Petersburg

· Charlene Christopher, Local Committee Chair, Norfolk

· Beverly Murray, Local Committee Chair, Petersburg

· Mary Redd Nelson, Former Legislative aide and Democrat Activist, Virginia Beach

· Valerie Braxton-Williams, Legislative aide and Democratic Activist, Richmond

· Vivian Williamson, Educator, Petersburg

· Shirley Johnson, Community/Democratic Activist, Fredericksburg

· Brenda King , Former college administrator, Spotsylvania

· Allison Lawrence Young Professional, Richmond

· Charleen Hinton, Law Enforcement, Richmond

· Karen Waters, Community Leader, Charlottesville

What Hispanic leaders have endorsed Kerry?

It does seem particularly appropriate to trumpet endorsements for Dean...since endorsements were a MAJOR part of the Kerry campaign until they started to dry up...and Democrats were upset with some Kerry supporters like Diane Feinstein voting for the Republican Medicare bill.

There's only a few on this page. He doesn't even have RFK, Jr., Gary Hart, the Massachusetts State endorsers, NH and Iowa endorsers, etc. I think he's running on his own vision, record and policies; not other people's opinions.

http://www.johnkerry.com/endorsements/

The endorsements are at least one indicator this isn't the case.

What about Kerry's problems in minority communities? Hispanic support? LGBT support?

But here goes;

African Americans;

Staceyann Chin (Def Poetry Jam),
Angela Gilliam (Black Radical Congress),
Danny Glover (Actor, UN Messenger of Peace),
National Council of Negro Women of Mississippi,
Loretta Ross (Black Women's Health Congress)

First Nations;

Dennis Banks (American Indian Movement),
Holly Haile Davis,
John Eagle Day,
Earl Hatley (Tribal Environmental Management Services),
Winona LaDuke,
Dennis Lee Rogers

Latino;

Jose Arguelles,
E. Shirley Baca (New Mexico Public Regulation Commissioner),
Hector Elizondo,
Shelly Morrison,
Digna Sanchez

GLBT;

Brian Davis,
Ani DiFranco,
Mari Engelhardt,
Jay Hubbell


And very broad support amongst ordinary people, not the famous or influential but the ones who will vote for Dennis in thier respective primaries and or caucuses

A full list of Kucinich endorsers can be found here;


http://wewantkucinich.com/endorsements.htm

By the insistence of those opposed to Dean claiming he is a failure as a candidate because he does not have support in minority communities.

My effort in this thread is to point out the inaccuracies in that perception.

Yes, it can be offensive to "categorize" people, but until racism and discrimination based on ethnic, sexual orientation or other background is eliminated...it is absolutely necessary to continue to have conversations about these issues, and look to leaders in those communities for leadership and direction.

To silence Dean supporters who wish to celebrate support from minority communities by calling the celebration "offensive" seems a little disingenuous from those who once were claiming Dean had no real support in minority communities. I guess I get it, though...you want there to be no possibility of being disproven...

We want him to stop having white people hold up African-Americans for Dean signs in states that are 50% African-American.

A usual Kerry campaign tactic...attack Howard Dean. The thrashings of a failing campaign.

Maybe we should have been doing more of it.

...that a good deal of the support is coming not because Dean is pandering to anyone, but because his message is consistent regardless the audience. Domestic policy full of hope for EVERYONE, and as Bob Graham said, a foreign policy that shows a clear VISION for Americas future role in the world...