This week Howard Dean will formally announce the continuation of his grassroots organization as a new organization (with web site and blog, of course) to continue influencing the dialogue of the campaign and the character of the Democratic party. Here is his most recent email to the 640,000 supporters who signed up for his campaign organization.

More on this thread to come after the Thursday announcement.

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First, I want to thank you for your support and hard work during the campaign. You stuck with me to the end and
for that I will always be grateful.

Although we did not win the Presidency we did make progress in our goal to change this country. Not only did
we set the dialogue for the campaign, but together we built a national grassroots movement that is over 640,000
people strong.

On March 18, I will announce our plans to build a new organization, using our nationwide grassroots network, to
continue our work to transform the Democratic Party and to change America.

We are determined to keep this organization as vibrant as it was throughout our campaign. There are a lot of ways
to make change. We are leaving one track, but we are going on another track that will take back America for ordinary people again.

I will make the announcement in three cities:

Thursday, March 18, 2004

Seattle, Washington: 9:30am at the Westin Hotel, Cascade Ballroom, 1900 5th Avenue

San Francisco, California: 6:00pm at The Palace Hotel, Ralston Room, 2 New Montgomery Street

Friday, March 19, 2004

New York, New York: 11:30am at The New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street

In addition to the formal announcement, we will be launching a new website, and of course, a blog.

I hope you will join me at the announcement, and most importantly, join me in continuing to be a part of the
organization that we built.

Together, we can take this country back.

Governor Howard Dean, M.D.