The August Dean meetup, the first Wednesday of the month, was this week. There were two of us returning from the last meetup; the rest of the folks were all newcomers. It was interesting once again to hear the personal reasons why people were there. One person voiced how angry he still feels that the Democrats rolled over without a whimper when the Florida vote recount was not completed. In attendance was the local Democratic Party head, there to see what was happening with the Dean supporters. We wrote letters to New Hampshire voters (for the upcoming caucus) and discussed how we can motivate young folks who will be 18 a the time of the 2004 election to register and vote. It really is amazing to see strangers coming together to take charge of the political process.

The number of people signing up at Meetup.com to meet once a month to support Dean has passed 80,000.