Dean & Clintons Battle For DNC

EIB ^ | 12/4/03 | Rush

[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.