Posted on 11/10/2008 11:38:01 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Dean To Step Down as DNC Chair
Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, who rose to national prominence during a failed bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, will not seek a second term as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, clearing the way for a loyalist of President-elect Barack Obama to be named to the soon-to-be vacant post.
The news of Dean's departure after a single four-year term in office was first reported by the Huffington Post's Sam Stein and confirmed to The Fix by a Democratic Party source.
"At this point he has said that he doesn't intend to run again," said a DNC source granted anonymity to speak candidly. "He has said so publicly for a while. He has not said what he will do next."
Dean's tenure at the DNC has been marked by a sharp disconnect between the grassroots of the party and the operative class.
Grassroots -- and netroots -- activists, who propelled Dean's presidential bid and then helped get him elected as chair of the party in early 2004, love the former Vermont governor and credit his chairmanship of the DNC with the rebirth of Democrats as a national party. (Dean's pioneering accomplishment of his four years in office is the 50-state strategy, a plan that put staff and organizations on the ground in every state in the country.)
Dean was not as well received among members of the permanent political class in Washington, many of whom dismissed him as a lightweight -- particularly on the fundraising front.
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I’ll say this....they knew how to keep Dean hidden from the public this cycle.
McCaulife was on the tv constantly.
Go back to performing abortions. Now with O in charge he can expand the pool of victims.
Howie Dean did little at the helm. The money machine and organization that won was all Obama.
Say “Hello!” to Richarg Daley’s brother. (John or George, can’t recall...)
New DNC Chairman should be one of the Mediascum types — after all, they are already so effective at coordinating DNC priorities from within their own networks...... why doesn’t one of them get the chance to work directly from the DNC?
You know the worst part of Obama’s win? Ted Kennedy finally has someone that he backed in the White House.
Thompson emerges as potential leader as GOP moves rightward
[Fred for RNC chair?]
DC Examiner | Susan Ferrechio
Posted on 11/10/2008 2:02:15 PM PST by RatherBiased.com
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129595/posts
such resignations are pretty routine — however, Dean got the job and took credit for devising the strategy that supposedly led to the 2006 victories (didn’t work very well in CT though, eh Yowie?).
Terry McAuliffe and New World Order
YouTube
Posted on 11/09/2008 6:18:51 AM PST by CautiouslyHopeful
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2128720/posts
Poll: Bush disapproval ratings reach new record
CNN | 10.10.08 | From CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser
Posted on 11/10/2008 11:09:34 AM PST by meandog
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129453/posts
Obama Planning U.S. Trials for Guantanamo Detainees (bringing them to the US!)
Fox News via AP | Monday, November 10, 2008 | AP unsigned article
Posted on 11/09/2008 10:23:31 PM PST by TenthAmendmentChampion
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129215/posts
Washington Post Buzzes Over Bomber Bill Ayers Book Event In D.C.
NewsBusters | November 19, 2008 | Tim Graham
Posted on 11/10/2008 8:41:47 AM PST by NoObamaFightForConservatives
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129448/posts
Ronald Davis, Health Crusader, Dies at 52
[of the AMA — and, it’s Bush’s fault]
New York Times | November 9, 2008 | Robert D. McFadden
Posted on 11/10/2008 6:03:48 AM PST by Soliton
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2129340/posts
George Carlin’s description fit Dean: The World’s Worst Doctor.
Were you around for 2006?
That beat down was the result of Dean’s 50-state policy.
Obama copied Dean. We got lucky when the MSM started to make fun of the scream. Or else Dean would have won in 2004.
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