The other Democratic candidates may have only progressives paying attention to the primaries, although since so many want Bush out, I'm not sure if that is true. I think a wide spectrum of people are paying attention, just because of the Bush record as well as the mess of the last election. Dean has a wide spectrum of supporters because of his message, his personal character (courage to speak out against Iraq for example) and his ability to energize people with his ideas and populist appeal. Here are some examples of people paying attention to the Democratic primaries who are not Progressives. There is even a Music for America (Muscicians for Dean) web site.

From the Republicans for Dean web site:
Weicker Goes for Dean: The Dean Nation blog reports today that former Republican Senator and
Independent Governor Lowell Weicker is endorsing Howard Dean. Weicker was a marverick
Republican that many moderates looked up to. The fact that he is endorsing Dean as well as former
Republican now Independent Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont, shows that Bush is losing the moderate
vote. But I don't think I needed either Weicker or Jeffords to tell me that. In the past few days, I have
been astounded by the response from moderate Republicans who, like myself, no longer thinks Bush
represents the values of the Party of Lincoln. We are a "sleeping elephant" that is starting to awake.
We need to find ways to organize and get other disenchanted Republicans on board to take back our
country and stand up for America.

From the Independents for Dean web site:
Over on Third Party Watchblog, David Remer has a thoughtful article on what will be required to really get campaign finance reform (or stop
political bribery, or stop the evolution of America from democracy to "corporacracy"). Follow the link for the full article. Click "Continue Reading"
below for a short excerpt. Most of us probably realize that another means of attack is re-inventing the grassroots campaign, raising money in
small amounts from a very large number of regular Americans who want to take their country back. Who can do that? Seems to me that getting
behind someone like Dean, who can do that, would be much more effective than supporting a third party, as Remer suggests at the end of his
article.

On the web site Geeks For Dean:
from AP, via yahoo 07.28.03
                            Many members of the Democratic Leadership Council are convinced that Dean's opposition to the war in
                            Iraq makes him too liberal for middle America, and they worry that if he wins the nomination it
                            could undo years of work to persuade the country that the Democratic Party isn't controlled by its
                            left wing.
                            let me just rephrase that for you so it's a bit more accurate:
                            Many members of the Democratic Losership Council are convinced that Dean's willingness to say what
                            he thinks makes him too pro-active for the lazy politicians, and they worry that if he wins the
                            nomination it could undo years of work to persuade the country that the Democratic Party should
                            never be expected to actually do anything at all.
                            hrmph. really.
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These are the web sites that people around the country have set up ON THEIR OWN, not as part of the official campaign, to support Dean. There are more than just Progressives involved in this activity to get Dean elected. I set up the Montana For Dean site. I, like many others, spent my own time and money to take the initiative. This enthusiasm is repeated in every state of the country. There are well over 300 Yahoo discussion groups of people supporting Dean, many of them, like ours in Montana, are for organizing those of us who meet once a month and plan ON OUR OWN to do community events.

UNOFFICIAL Sites for Dean

Regional Sites:
Alaska for Dean
Montgomery for Dean
Arizona for Dean
Arizona for Dean Blog
Arkansas for Dean
Brooklyn for Dean
California for Dean
So. California for
Dean
Bay Area for Dean
Beach Cities for Dean
Chabot College for
Dean
CSU Long Beach for
Dean
East Bay for Dean
Inland Empire for
Dean
Los Angeles for Dean
North Bay for Dean
NE Los Angeles for
Dean
Marin County for
Dean
Orange County for
Dean
Sacramento for Dean
San Bernardino for
Dean
San Diego for Dean
San Francisco for
Dean
SF for Dean
Santa Cruz for Dean
UC Berkeley for Dean
UCLA Bruins for Dean
UC Santa Barbara for
Dean
Valley for Dean
Ventura County for
Dean
Colorado for Dean
Aims College for Dean
Connecticut for Dean
Connecticut
forDean.org
Fairfield for Dean
New Haven for Dean
Florida for Dean
Florida for Dean 2
Broward County for
Dean
Jacksonville for Dean
Miami for Dean
Sarasota for Dean
Seminole County for
Dean
Tampa for Dean
Georgia for Dean
Hawaii for Dean
Illinois for Dean
Chicago forDean.org
Indiana for Dean
Iowa for Dean
Drake Bulldogs for
Dean
Kentucky for Dean
Kentucky for Dean 2
Lexington for Dean
Maine for Dean
Maryland for Dean
Baltimore for Dean
Prince George's
County for Dean
Massachusetts for
Dean
Western Mass. for
Dean
Berkshires for Dean
Michigan for Dean
Minnesota for Dean
UMN for Dean
Missouri for Dean
St. Louis University
for Dean
Montana for Dean
Montanans for Dean
UNN for Dean
Nevada for Dean
No. Nevada for Dean
New Hampshire for
Dean
New Jersey for Dean
New Mexico for Dean
New York for Dean
Albany for Dean
Central NY for Dean
Cornell University for
Dean
Long Island for Dean
New York City for
Dean
North Carolina for
Dean
UNC Chapel Hill for
Dean
Ohio for Dean
Oregon for Dean
Central Oregon for
Dean
Lewis & Clark for
Dean
Pennsylvania for
Dean
Bucks County for
Dean
Lehigh Valley for
Dean
Centre County for
Dean
Philadelphia for Dean
Rhode Island for Dean
South Carolina for
Dean
South Dakota for
Dean
Tennessee for Dean
Tennessee for Dean 2
East TN for Dean
Knoxville for Dean
Tri-Cities for Dean
Texas for Dean
Texas forDean.org
San Antonio for Dean
Sudeep forDean.org
West Texas for Dean
Utah for Dean
Rutland County for
Dean
Virginia for Dean
Washington for Dean
Kitsap County for
Dean
Pierce County for
Dean
Seattle for Dean
Vancouver for Dean
DC for Dean
Wisconsin for Dean
Madison for Dean
Wyoming for Dean


Grassroots Dean
Graphics
Dean Defense Forces
Dean Media Team
DeanTalk Forums
Independents for
Dean
People-Powered
Graphics
Republicans for Dean
Rick Klau

Blog Links:
Ack Ack Ack
Eric Alterman
Alternet
Angry SAM
Annatopia
ArchPundit
Articulate Babble
Atrios' Eschaton
Backup Brain
Matt Bailey
Bay Area Man for
Dean
Berkeley Progressive
Best of the Blogs
Bradley's Almanac
Jim Brayton
CalPundit
Carl with a K
Conclusive Evidence
Counterspin Central
Daily Kos
Deaniacs Blog
DemoLiberal
Blog-O-Rama
Betsy Devine
Easter Lemming
EP Rants
Esoterically.net
Brian Flemming
The Hamster
Hey Joe
Intern for Dean
John P. Hoke
InstaPundit
Interesting Times
Jimlog 2.0
Rick Klau
Lean Left
The Left Coaster
Left Leaner
Lawrence Lessig
Liberal Oasis
Loco Parentis
Mediaburn
Medley
Meta Filter
This Modern World
MyDD
Noho-missives
Not Geniuses
Orcinus
Opinions of Ed
Points West
Political Parrhesia
Political Punk
Political State Report
Political Wire
Politics in the Zeros
Rapid Dissent
On Lisa Rein's Radar
Raise Your Hands
The Rittenhouse
Review
Seeing the Forest
Skippy the Bush
Kangaroo
TalkLeft
Talking Points Memo
Unmedia
Untelevised
Value Judgment
The Vicini Network
Oliver Willis
Matthew Yglesias

Unofficial Dean Sites:
Action a Day
Americans for Dean
Clean for Dean
Dean 2004 Blog
Dean 2004 Portal
Dean Archive
Dean Defense Forces
Dean for Deaf
America
Dean Independents
Dean Netroots
DeanPix
DeanTalk Forums
Dean Volunteers
Dean Watch
Dean Web Portal
Deaniacs
Dean's the Real Deal
Dr. Dean the Fighting
Machine
Gays for Dean
Geeks for Dean
Grassroots for Dean
Grassroots Graphics
Hack 4 Dean
Howard Dean Goes to
Washington
Netroots Howard
Dean
Med Students for
Dean
Music For America
One Father For Dean
Out for Dean
People-Powered
Graphics
Progressive
Christians for Dean
Quotes about Dean
Republicans for Dean
Rock for Dean
Students for Dean
Tabling for Dean
Translate for Dean
Two Uncles for Dean
Unemployed for
Dean(org)
Unemployed for
Dean(com)
Volunteers for Dean
Vote Dean
We Want Dean
Women for Dean