Who should be the next DNC Chair?

[JaneQPublic]

I'm partial to Howard Dean, because not only his 50-state strategy but also his commitment to candidate neutrality. (He passed on voting in primaries to stay totally unbiased in his actions as well as his words.)

Other possibilities:

-- Former MD Gov Martin O'Malley
-- Sanders Spokesperson and Former OH State Sen. Nina Turner
-- Former MI Gov Jennifer Granholm
-- Obama campaign/White House staffers Valerie Jarrett, David Ploufe, David Axelrod

Who else should be on the list?

[C_U_L8R]

1. Deval?

[JaneQPublic]

6. Excellent!

Former MA Gov Deval Patrick -- and personal friend of Pres. Obama.

[tallahasseedem]

10. Good pick!

[tarheelsunc]

2. O'Malley would be great. eom

[MattP]

3. Whoever it is don't have a sitting congressperson serve

It creates conflicts of interest no matter what

[PatSeg]

12. Agreed

And the DNC chair should be a full time position. It was insane to have a member of congress running the DNC.

[NorthCarolina]

4. Warren would be a great choice IMO. -nt-

[avaistheone1]

31. Warren would be a great choice. How about Bernie Sanders. I don't know if you would want it though.

[RonniePudding]

34. They have enough work to do

As someone else said, it should be someone who isn't currently in office.

[randome]

5. JaneQPublic!

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[JaneQPublic]

33. `Can't argue with that! (nt)

[HereSince1628]

7. The DNC is comprised of the state chairs and vice chairs, maybe let them

elect one of their own, and keep the making of short lists out of the hands of the poo-bahs and superdelegates.

[JaneQPublic]

36. Poo-bahs and superdelegates

That approach would offer several advantages, such as avoiding persons with deeply engrained alliances on the national level.

However, for the little exercise in this thread, as with "fantasy football," the tendency is to gravitate to the household names.

[MohRokTah]

8. I'd say DWS should hold onto the job, but I think she'll end up White House Chief of Staff.

So my next pick would be Joaquin Castro.

[PragmaticLiberal]

48. White House Chief of Staff: Huma Abedin more than likely.

But as for the DNC Chair...I think O'Malley would be an excellent choice.

[tallahasseedem]

9. I'd go with Dean

Nina Turner? NO.

[SaschaHM]

13. Let me correct that for you.

Hell No. Former State Senator Nina Turner is out of a (political) job for a reason, let's not give her another one. DWS, to her credit, could win her own election.

[tallahasseedem]

15. I whole heartedly agree!

Also, do you know she really only got the State Senator job by appointment? That AND the full term she did get, she ran unopposed. When she did run against someone, she got trounced by 30 points.

That says a lot!

[Doctor Jack]

11. Howard Dean

[PatSeg]

14. Howard Dean was an amazing

DNC chair. It is hard to know how good other people would be. It is a rather unique position.


Edit to add - I just saw Dean on MSNBC and he said the chair has to take responsibility for what happened. From what he was saying, it sounds like he ran a pretty tight ship.

[OneBlueDotBama]

16. Val Biden Owens

[PatSeg]

17. That is an interesting choice

[JaneQPublic]

18. I had to Google her credentials...

http://iop.harvard.edu/fellows/valerie-biden-owens

Valerie Biden Owens is one of the first women in the United States to have managed a modern U.S. Senatorial campaign, as well as a Presidential campaign. Mrs. Biden Owens has led every campaign in her brother Joe Biden’s political career, including his seven straight U.S. Senate victories and his run for two Democratic Presidential nominations. She also has been his principal surrogate on the campaign trail.

[woodsprite]

28. I second this x1000!!! n/t

[nolabear]

19. God, not Nina Turner. She's awful.

I have never seen her other than outraged and flipped out over some supposed slight to Bernie. She seems to despise the DNC.

[hrmjustin]

20. Howard Dean.

[RBInMaine]

21. NOT TURNER!!! Plouffe or Axelrod would be best. They know how to run campaigns.

[Cosmocat]

22. Anyone other than DWS

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[B Calm]

23. Howard Dean has my vote!

[Expecting Rain]

24. Donna Brazile

No question.

[JaneQPublic]

38. I forgot about her.

She would be excellent, as well. She certainly has the experience.

[Ruby the Liberal]

25. Someone with the foresight to focus on the ground, not the skybox

We have got to win back the state legislative and governor seats that DWS lost over the last 8 years.

[JudyM]

26. Tim Canova.

[DinahMoeHum]

30. . . .If he doesn't oust DWS in the August 30 primary.

And in any case, I'm not comfortable having an active US House or Senate member being head of the DNC. A former legislator would be better, since he/she would not have to waste time or money working to ensure his/her re-election.

[awake]

27. Part of DWS problem was she had been too closely tied with one of our candidates

Whom ever it is they need to be clearly neutral and not hold any other job as well.

What I liked about Dean was his 50 state strategy, also we need to be more focused on local offices and Governorships. There is no reason we can not win every where DWS gave up on the south we should not have done that.

[BumRushDaShow]

29. What about Julian Castro?

If Dems want to make TX blue again and solidify the Hispanic vote (at least the largest ethnic group of that constituency) that Trump has universally trashed, he would be good. You need a lot of energy to do that job and he is young.

[JaneQPublic]

39. "Make TX blue again..."

I think I just drooled a little.

[DinahMoeHum]

32. I love Howard Dean, but he might not be available. . .

. . .he might be tapped for a Cabinet position in a Hillary Clinton Administration such as Health/Human Services or Surgeon General

[JaneQPublic]

41. I would love to see Doctor Dean in the Cabinet

I wanted him in Obama's cabinet, but apparently Rahm Emanuel (then Chief of Staff) hated his guts.

Dean certainly earned Hillary's consideration, considering his loyal service as her TV surrogate throughout this campaign.

[geek tragedy]

35. someone not currently in office nt

[Henhouse]

37. K&R....nt

[Warren DeMontague]

44. Al Gore?

[geek tragedy]

45. Not the worst choice. nt

[Grey Lemercier]

40. Valerie Jarrett FTW

[mopinko]

47. she'd be great.

after 8 years of squeaky clean in the obama admin, i think she has what it takes.
suspect she will be coming home to work at the library, tho.

[Sancho]

42. Castro

[Warren DeMontague]

43. Gavin Newsom.

[NurseJackie]

51. Ooooo! I hadn't considered him! Great pick!

[TDale313]

53. Nah, he's gonna be too busy becoming my gov in 2018 😉

[Adrahil]

46. O'Malley would be a good choice.

Nina Turner can take a long walk off a short pier.

Granholm would be good too.

The others are not political operatives and not well suited for the DNC chair IMO.

[NurseJackie]

50. Her failure to say that she's on-board with Hillary disqualifies her forever.

She's had plenty of time to calm down. She's not dumb... and she understands what's at stake. There's no reason for anyone who'd ever expect to have a career within the Democratic party to behave as if she was Susan Sarandon.

At this point, the only "career" she's going to have will be as a loudmouth foil on one of the cable news networks.

[Adrahil]

52. absolutely true.

HRC is entitled (yes, I used that word) to a DNC chair that endorses her.

[NurseJackie]

49. Definitely O'Malley! Definitely NOT Turner! She's much too... too... uh...

... too something. (I can't think of the right word that would be approved by a jury at this hour of the day.)

And she yells too much, and talks too fast.

I'd take a pass on Axelrod. He doesn't thrill me. (Maybe it's because he reminds me too much of Dr. Phil.)