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Martin Frost has warm words for Howard Dean

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Losing Congressman Martin Frost (formerly D-TX) has a public "memo" to Rep. Rahm Emanuel, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Howard Dean entitled "Let's Get Ready to Run":

Why do I think big Democratic gains loom? The public is rapidly coming around to the view that Republicans lack the ability to handle the big issues facing our country. It’s one thing to be right-wing ideologues, but it's quite another to not be able to put one foot in front of another…

[…Iraq!…]

[…privatize social security…]

And now, the administration has demonstrated significant incompetence in the handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It was slow off the mark and placed FEMA in the hands of political cronies rather than experienced veterans of disaster relief.

Now back to the strategy of the 2006 election…

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