Two Democrats Disavow Dean's Jab at GOP

Washington Post ^ | 6/6/2005 | Mike Allen and Alan Cooperman

[Tennessean4Bush]

Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) and former senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) distanced themselves over the weekend from remarks by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, who is facing criticism for the pace of the party's fundraising.

Dean, who inspired a passionate following when he ran for president in 2003-04 and showed the potential of Internet fundraising, has been as unpredictable with his public remarks since becoming party chairman in mid-February as his Republican counterpart, Ken Mehlman, has been on message.

[Solamente]

Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) and former senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) distanced themselves.......

That won't help them!

[Ditto]

I wonder what the reaction over at DU is?

[Texas Eagle]

Asked whether Dean is doing the party any good, Biden said, "Not with that kind of rhetoric. He doesn't speak for me with that kind of rhetoric. And I don't think he speaks for the majority of Democrats. . . . I wish that rhetoric would change."

Who writes Biden's stuff?

[jwalsh07]

Daffy is the gift that keeps on giving.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

I wonder if they saw any of Bubba's interview, where he talked about how he worked with Republicans and treated them like human beings when he was President...didn't sound like a ringing endorsement of Mad How to me.

[decal]

Who writes Biden's stuff?


Everyone BUT Biden...

[Texas Eagle]

Heh, heh. Give that man a ceegar.

[ConservativeMan55]

He's the perfect man for this job.

[Gabz]

Dean may be nuts, but if Joe Biden is against him he's definitely doing good for our side!!!!!

[decal]

"Dean is nuts."

Absolutely, barking mad.

In the long run, though, the Dems probably benefit from his antics.

They'll split, the Deaniacs will march off the cliff, and the mainstream Dems will look like a party that can actually be trusted with the reins of government again.

However, they'll have to wait until the New Dealers and the 60s radical types all kick off - the Israelites got to Canaan sooner.

[llama hunter]

you have to laugh, I was wondering when someone in the DNC was going to say something vs Dean, I knew the money issue was going to do it....

as noted by some correspondent on Lou Dobbs

as noted, sadly Dean speaks to the base however that means alienating the big money donors and Biden and Edwards know from 2004, that mobilizing the DNC base isn't going to win a future election but gain back moderates and grabbing some Republicans voters is their only hope and Dean will scare those voters away, each and every day....

shall we take a pool on when Dean is asked to step down

would that not be unprecedented too, shortest term served by a DNC Chairman, can Howie fake an illness or something to save face? but then again Terry McAuliffe was a dismal failure over 3 elections and they kept him on, but I think he raised way more money than Howie

[decal]

"shall we take a pool on when Dean is asked to step down..."

There's a thought, Mr Robinson: we could have a separate section on FR - pools for various subjects (over/under on GOP gains in '06, how many times Sen Clinton will say "uh" during a speech, how many crimes will Ward Churchill be indicted for, etc).

Winner asked to donate 25% of the proceedings to FR.

The income from the DU trolls alone would be tremendous...;)

[Tennessean4Bush]

I don't think Dean will go quietly. I think he might split the party to save face. He is one of those guys who may be wrong but he is never in doubt.

[Tennessean4Bush]

From the article:

A recent article in Business Week was headlined, "Howard Dean's Raised Voice Isn't Raising Cash." The national Democratic Party raised about $18.6 million in the first four months of the year, compared with $42.6 million for the RNC. Finney said the Democratic Party is now raising $1 million a week.

Dean's folks are lying, just a few days ago they protested the Business Week report. Now, Karen Finney, Dean's spokesperson, responds to the Business Week article by confirming that it is worse now than it was in the first four months. At $1 million a week they have slowed from the 18.6 million pace to a $17 million pace. I think she is trying to act like they have recovered but she has not done the math.

[CFC__VRWC]

Take a walk, troll. Go back to panting over your party's efforts to portary our soldiers as Nazis.