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Howard Dean Targets 'Flyover Country'
Winning votes in the Midwest will be crucial to Democratic hopes to regain power in Washington in November, party Chairman Howard Dean told about 400 young people at the College Democrats National Convention on Thursday.
"We cannot be a national party unless we have the courage to ask every single American for their vote," Dean said.
He said holding the convention in Missouri dovetails with his "50-state plan" to build Democratic support in states that have voted Republican over the last six years.
Dean said the Democratic Party plans to knock on 2 million doors before November's midterm elections in an effort to regain control of Congress.
Story Continues Below Despite the Republican majority in the House and Senate and a Republican in the White House, students attending the convention said they were optimistic their party could regain power, starting with the November elections.
Laurel Schwartz, 21, a senior at the University of Pittsburgh, said students are more politically active this year because of dissatisfaction with the war in Iraq and with rising tuition costs.
"I do think that people are paying attention," Schwartz said. "I think they realize that if they don't pay attention, it's their future that's going to be on the line." The convention at Saint Louis University opened Thursday morning with seminars and workshops and continues through Saturday. Other scheduled speakers include House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack and retired Gen. Wesley Clark.
Many of the students experienced long delays traveling to St. Louis Wednesday evening because of a storm that snarled airport and highway traffic and left much of the city without electricity.
© 2006 Associated Press.
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