Posted on 11/08/2004 5:23:11 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) Former presidential candidate Howard Dean is considering a bid to become chairman of the national Democratic Party.
Steve Grossman, himself a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said Dean had told him he was thinking about it.
Dean was traveling today in New York and unavailable for comment. His spokeswoman, Laura Gross, said ``it was far too early to be speculating on that.''
The 240 members of the Democratic National Convention will elect a new chair early next year. Several names are already being mentioned, including former Clinton aide Harold Ickes; Donna Brazile, who ran Al Gore's presidential campaign, and Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack.
Dean has been outspoken since the beginning of his presidential bid in saying that the Democratic Party must establish a separate and unique identity from Republicans.
The next chairman will replace Terry McAuliffe, whose term is ending.
Going over to DU, it's 80% For Dean and %20 against
Exactly. Howard had better stay well away from DC and Ft. Marcy park if he pursues this line.
That just slays me - every time I hear it - thanks for the laugh!
Actually he's not a lunatic. He's just stupid. That scream came from Gore. Gore was the first big name to jump on the Dean bandwagon and had lots of advice for him, including screaming. You notice Gore does a lot of that when he's in his "preacher" persona.
That would not surprise me in the least.
Putting Howard Dean in the top Dim job sounds good to me.
This nutcase will row the boat right over the falls into the maelstrom.
Dr. Dean is bound to get the South back for the democrats with comments about "God, gays and guns..." I think the democrats should just call Dr Kevorkian instead.
yes, i have to admit if howard dean gets named to the position, it's going to be REALLY hard not to vote democrat. i mean, he's so popular, and innovative. he invented the internet ( along with gore ), and he's such a calm, reasoned kind of guy. and hillary clinton can be the candidate. michael moore can be campaign manager, and osama can be in charge of foreign policy. barney franky can be gay marriage counselor, with ted kennedy in charge of rounding up the drunk and depraved old men group. al franken and dan rather can be campaign spokesmen. now...THAT'S THE TICKET !
Gore does the best imitation of the Kingfish since the Kingfish.
Oh!
Let's hope the nut-job goes for it!
Cant we please have Dennis Kusinich to co-chair with Dean, and Michael Moore for campaign manager, and Al Sharpton for president, and ..........................
FOTFLMAO and crossing my legs!! Bush was right at his press conf., we are going to have a lot of fun!
This is a great idea!! A political party that is losing ground because of its far left policies wants to bring in a presidential loser in to drive the party even FARTHER to the left.
Some people would note that this is clear evdence that the Dems are truly insane. I want to offer them my thanks for guaranteeing future Republican wins.
Either Dean or Brazile would be outstanding kooks, er I mean *candidates* for this position. But I think I'll burn up one of my DU accounts and start/encourage a campaign for Michael "Cheeseburger" Moore as DNC head. Why go retail when you can go wholesale (destruction of the democrats, that is)?
Where do I go to volunteer?
with the ban expired, the dnc doesnt have to reload as often in the process of shooting itself in the foot.
Why not?
We almost had lunatic for the First Lady.
They were willing to go along with that, were they not?
LVM
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