Takin' it to the Streets

By Anonymous -
Gov. Dean's grassroots supporters were out in full force at the Adams Morgan festival in Northwest Washington, DC today. Aside from a few people walking around the crowd with Kucinich literature (but no table as far as I could tell), Dean was the only campaign with a presence at the festival, which ran the length of the diverse (and quite fun) Adams Morgan neighborhood. Volunteers report that despite bringing over 1000 stickers, the table ran out of them early in the day. Here's a picture of the volunteers talking to festivalgoers:




For more information about getting involved in the Washington metro area, visit DC For Dean, an outstanding grassroots site. There are plenty of activities coming up, from fundraisers to house parties to a rally at the University of Maryland tomorrow.

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