[Dog]

Sam I can't figure this out....why would they allow this hothead to be their figurehead......there has to be something going on here we aren't privy to.

[spokeshave]

..there has to be something going on here we aren't privy to.

Does a Lemming strategize before jumping.......?

[SamAdams76]

I don't think they so much "allowed" it. I think it's just that the extreme elements are taking over the party. I would not be surprised at all to see the Democratic Party split at some future point. The party has been co-opted by the Hollyweird/NYC-Washington crowd. The Democrats have gotten by for decades because millions of lunch-pail, blue-collar union guys were brought up to hate Republicans. Believe it or not, Archie Bunker of "All In The Family" fame was a die-hard Democrat! Today, Archie Bunker would be a Republican. For now, many working class folk are starting to realize that the Democratic party of FDR, Truman and JFK is no more.

[lysie]

Sam I can't figure this out....why would they allow this hothead to be their figurehead......there has to be something going on here we aren't privy to.

I think it's laying the groundwork to make hillary appear more moderate when she denounces the DNC chairman's comments over the next 3-4 years.

[Go Gordon]

Sam I can't figure this out....why would they allow this hothead to be their figurehead......there has to be something going on here we aren't privy to.

After 2 years of the Deanie Weenie, Hillary will be made to look like a moderate, which will allow her to try and repeat what Bill did - appear to be a middle/right candidate

[BlessedByLiberty]

How he ascended: Dean promised each state rep that pushed him for DNC chair more money and promises the Internet is his personal cash cow to raise DNC funds.

Theory 101A: Clintons allow him to raise the cash until it's time for Hillary to knock him off the stage over one of his many foot in mouth moments. Hillary says Dean should step down for the good of the party.

She keeps the money, decides new DNC chair and "Pretty in Pink, bake ya cookies, Chameleon Conservative" Hillary Clinton is crowned DNC candidate '08.

[kennedy]

why would they allow this hothead to be their figurehead

It is primarily a fund raising job. You don't raise money by trying to convert the other side. You raise money by firing up your base. In the case of the Democrats, their base is the looney far left.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Death Wish IX ?