February 03, 2004
Howard Dean campaigned across Washington on the Tuesday before the caucuses. That afternoon, he paid a visit to the Pike Place Medical Clinic, a primary care clinic that provides services to low-income people in downtown Seattle.
The caregivers at the clinic are members of my union, Service Employees International Union District 1199NW.
February 03, 2004
Dean meets with SEIU members and their kids.
February 03, 2004
For months, Seattle had seemed to be very hardcore Dean territory, but Dean's defeat in the Washington caucus was foreshadowed by this large crowd that turned out at the Sheraton in downtown Seattle to watch John Kerry celebrate his five victories in the February 3 primaries.
The crowd filled up the ballroom, the hallway, the lobby, and spilled out onto the sidewalk. This was as close as we got to getting into the event.
February 04, 2004
On the morning after the South Carolina, Arizona, New Mexico, Missouri, Delaware and North Dakota caucus, Dean gave a fiery speech at the Westin Hotel in downtown Seattle. (In 1999, President Clinton stayed at this hotel and it was completely shut down by WTO protestors.)
February 07, 2004
The sign-in area in Ballard High School's cafeteria for the caucus was overwhelmed at Washington Democrats turned out to discuss the candidates. The organizers ran out of materials and were scrambling to improvise new sign-in sheets out of any scrap paper they could find.
February 07, 2004
Ballard High School in Seattle was swamped with participants in the Democratic caucuses. It was a little disorganized and confusing -- most of us had never been to caucus before. But folks were really interested, engaged, and excited about the candidates to replace President Bush.
Dean won handily in this area -- one of the three Seattle-area state legislative districts that he rolled up big margins in -- but the rest of the state tilted towards John Kerry. And turnout out was huge everywhere.