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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 26, 2005
Contact: Sally Birdsall (601) 540-2691

In Case You Missed It.
WHAT A SCREAM: DOWDY'S LEFTWARD SHIFT MOVING STATE DEMS TOWARD PHONE BOOTH STATUS

(Jackson, Miss) - Does Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Wayne Dowdy think he's in ultra-liberal Hollywood rather than down-home, red-state
McComb? Obviously. Dowdy continued shifting the Mississippi Democratic
Party to the far left by endorsing former Governor and Presidential candidate Howard Dean to lead the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

Dean, perhaps best remembered for his "I Have a Scream" speech following
last year's Iowa caucus, was the darling of the most liberal wing of the
Democratic Party when he ran for President. His Hollywood values went over great on the left coast, but had most Mississippians, and middle Americans, seeing red (see electoral map).

Dean is far to the left of the great majority of Mississippians - be they Democrat or Republican. He is pro-choice and in favor of same-sex civil unions. Same sex marriage legislation was overwhelmingly defeated in Mississippi's general election on November 2, 2004. In fact, given the election results, it appears that both Mississippians and Americans are voting for conservative politicians who share their views on issues. That leaves liberal folks like Howard Dean and Wayne Dowdy wondering how to lure voters back to the liberal fringe they inhabit.

Jim Herring, Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, remarked,
"Mississippians won't be duped. The Democratic Party is too liberal for
Mississippi. If Wayne Dowdy has his way and Dean is at the helm, the
liberal Democratic Party will keep moving left and the Mississippi Democratic Party will get smaller and smaller."

Herring continued, "Back in the 60's, the joke was that the Mississippi
Republican Party was so small we could hold our conventions in a phone
booth. We've outgrown them since then, but we still have an old phone booth around that we'll be glad to donate to Mississippi Democrats. With Dowdy and Dean leading them further and further left, it will provide more than enough room for their next state convention."

Governor Dean and the other candidates for Chairman of the Democratic National Committee will be voted on during a February 12 election in Washington, DC.