Dean & Clintons Battle For DNC

EIB ^ | 12/4/03 | Rush

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

I've told you before that Bill and Hillary Clinton pull the strings at the Democrat National Committee through their sock puppet Terrance McAuliffe. Traditionally, control of the DNC should've gone to Algore as the party's last nominee, but the Clintons aced him out of even that small victory. So when Howard Dean started coming on strong for the 2004 nomination, the Clintons threw in another sock puppet, Wesley Clark, to slow him down. Clark failed totally.

The Clintons don't want to see a Democrat win in 2004, because that would mean Hillary couldn't run for the White House until 2012. But paradoxically the weakest candidate against President Bush in 2004 is also the strongest candidate to wrest control of the DNC away from Bill and Hillary after he loses: Howard Dean. This fear has some real basis, because Dean is a smart guy. You can be sure that the Clintons know that when they see stories like the Washington Post's "Dean Now Courting Party Insiders."

The Clintons don't mind if Dean takes himself and his supporters off the cliff, but they're darn sure not going to let him take them off. "But, Rush, nobody thought Clinton could win against Bush 41 at this stage. The Democrats should be encouraging Dean!" Folks, you're not getting it. The Clintons don't want any Democrat not named "Clinton" to win in 2004. They need the party apparatus, and their head fundraiser McAuliffe in charge of it, to make a run in 2008. They don't want to have to take the party back over or anything like that. Sure they have HILPAC and George Soros' group Americans Coming Together and a number of other things, but those aren't a party apparatus.

They see Dean raising $12 or $14 million dollars on the Internet as he smashes Clinton's fundraising records. That's why we have former Clinton Chief of Staff Leon Panetta telling the Washington Times that the party is worried about Dean taking them to a huge loss a'la McGovern or Mondull. They're doing anything they can to slow Dean down, so he'll be a sacrifice in 2004 and leave the door open for '08. This is going to be fun to watch. There's going to be a death struggle, a Texas chainsaw match between Dean and the Clintons over control of the DNC. Watch you don't get spattered, folks.

[al baby]

She will run in 04 she has no other option

[princess leah]

All the candidates are running around like a bunch of chickens with their heads already cut off! Meanwhile, Bush aced the hole match with his trip to Iraq and pissed off Hillary - what a great Thanksgiving huh? For Christmas, I'd like to see Rudy announce he'll run for the senate against Hillary in '06!

[Howlin]

They are panicked, because Dean is flat out going to fire McAuliffe, their bag man, if he gets the nomination!

[Batrachian]

I disagree with Rush on this. Howard Dean doesn't automatically gain control of the DNC if he becomes the nominee. The DNC membership votes for the chairman, and they're not ready to buck Bill Clinton. Not by a long shot. Dean is only a threat to the Clintons if he has a real shot at being president, and most people would argue that he doesn't.

[nutmeg]

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[Howlin]

Can you name a nominee that didn't name his own finance chairman?

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Algore

[ladyinred]

Let the games begin!

Ever feel like we are back in the coliseum in the days of the Roman Empire?

[Howlin]

Ah, no.

[GSWarrior]

She will run onlyif she is convinced that she can defeat Bush. Hillary is too shrewd to let Bush beat her.

[RJCogburn]

Pretty much the reason I'm voting for Dean in the NH primary.

[Batrachian]

Rush Limbaugh was talking about the chairman of the DNC, not the finance chairman of the Dean campaign. Are you telling me that the nominee gets to pick the DNC chairman, even over Bill Clinton's wishes?

[bayourod]

"Howard Dean doesn't automatically gain control of the DNC if he becomes the nominee. The DNC membership votes for the chairman, "

I'm no authority on the rules of the Dem state parties for electing DNC members, but in the Republican parties I'm familiar with, the process usually results in the committeemen being elected in roughly the corresponding proportion to the candidates winning the precinct/district/state.

Thus after the nominating process, Dean should have a majority of the DNC members.

[Howlin]

Yes, I am. Even though he doesn't realize it, Bill Clinton is not the head of that party.

[Gritty]

For the clintons, it's always about them!

[Batrachian]

Maybe you're right. Now that I think of it, though, I want Terry McAullife to stay. He's funneling all the DNC money to Hillary's campaign and starving the candidates in the local races. I think that's one reason why Republicans are doing so well lately.

[bayourod]

By custom the nominee is accorded the curtesy of being allowed to name the national chairman, but the Clintons have never let custom, tradition, curtesy or even laws stand in their way.

[Howlin]

Al Gore decided, for reasons known only to him (*wink wink*) to keep McAuliffe. It probably had something to do with wanting to keep breathing, if you get my drift.

[Howlin]

Oh, I want him in there, too, especially since he had such a disastrous midterm election outcome -- and regardless of the fact that I'd love to see a good bloodbath in the DNC........LOL.