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Barring an unforeseen development, the 447 members of the DNC will elect Dean as their chairman Saturday, putting him in charging of rebuilding - and revitalizing - a political organization that finds itself at one of its lowest ebbs.
Dean reportedly views the grass-roots, disciplined Republican revolution led by Newt Gingrich and Christian Coalition strategist Ralph Reed as a better model for a Democratic comeback than the approach taken by Bill Clinton. Fox television's Major Garrett quotes Dean in his book, "The Enduring Revolution: How The Contract With America Continues To Shape The Nation," as saying Gingrich and Reed "created a real success for the right wing" while Clintonism led the Democrats into complacency and defeat. "I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for, but I admire their discipline and their organization," Dean said at a DNC forum earlier this year.
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