Here are the text of Howard Dean's remarks Wednesday on the future of the Democratic Party. Dean wants to be Chair of the DNC. I'm in favor of Dean for the job, I think he'd be great. I don't want to see a Democratic leader who tries to co-opt the value debate - I'm sick to death of moderates who think the way to win is to be more like Republicans. This is the perfect job for Dean and his passion. Some of his comments today :

We cannot win by being "Republican-lite." We've tried it; it doesn't work. The question is not whether we move left or right. It's not about our direction. What we need to start focusing on... is the destination.

The destination of the Democratic Party requires that it be financially viable, able to raise money not only from big donors but small contributors, not only through dinners and telephone solicitations and direct mail, but also through the Internet and person-to-person outreach.

The destination of the Democratic Party means making it a party that can communicate with its supporters and with all Americans. Politics is at its best when we create and inspire a sense of community... We must use all of the power and potential of technology as part of an aggressive outreach to meet and include voters, to work with the state parties, and to influence media coverage.

The way we will rebuild the Democratic Party is not from consultants down, but from the ground up....Now we need to build on our successes while transforming the Democratic Party into a grassroots organization that can win in 50 states....We cannot be a Party that seeks the presidency by running an 18-state campaign. We cannot be a party that cedes a single state, a single District, a single precinct, nor should we cede a single voter. We're going to lift our Party up... And we're going to take this country back for the people who built it.