Who Do You Support for DNC Chariman?

[Corey_Baker08]

The Candidates for national chair include:

Howard Dean-Former Governor of Vermont,

Donnie Fowler-Campaign stragetist

Tim Roemer-Former governor of Indiana,

Martin Frost-Former congressman from
Texas

Simon Rosenberg-Head of the Moderate New Democratic
Network

Wellington Webb-Former mayor of Denver.

[bahrbearian]

1. YeeeHawwww, !

[genius]

16. Webb's the most liberal ,the most pro-environment most pro -civil rights

I like him a lot and he's a great organizer.

[bahrbearian]

18. I'll have to take a good look at him, Liberal ,and Pro-environment

but for now Dean is the One for me, Kerry rode on Dean's wake and did a face plant on the beach. Dean now calls himself a Centrist, which makes me think twice. Thanks for the heads up.

[NoPasaran]

41. And now he's withdrawn and endorsed Howard Dean

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~33997~2684232,00.html

[Bush on crack]

26. Dean all the way!

I think we should all support Dean because he will not bow to the wacko Bush administration. He will let the Americans know that Bush is going to take their checks and SS, and their proscriptions drugs. I also think Barbera Boxer or Barbra Lee should run in 2008! It's time to let the chicks get in there and bitch out that fascist congress. Augh! Bush makes me sick!

[eg101]

2. None of the above. They all suck

Why not a nonpolitician?

[Mojambo]

8. The next time you're having surgery you want an accountant to do it?

Like it or not, it's a political job.

[Bush on crack]

27. Dean

Dean is a man of the people! He to me is less of a politican than anybody! Ugh! I hate what the media did to him. I think we were going to lose at least Dean would have exposed all of his lies and attempts to ruin this country.

[amber dog democrat]

3. Dean is OK, but at this point

I would support Quasimodo if he floaed to the top. We still need to grapple with a dumbed - down American Public that can be stampeded with phobias and inflamatory rhetoric.

[lala_rawraw]

35. I was going to support Dean all the way, can't now...

Just can't swallow his followers at Kos... and that is his supposed base. I have never seen such absolute almost violent hatred toward people who might slightly have another opinion. Nope... am done. Now what? Can we have Gore back? Or, let's just get Boxer to be President, she has more balls then all of them put together.

[Catchawave]

4. I voted Dean

because I'm not familiar with the others at all.

Though I supported Edwards in the primaries, I always had a soft spot for Dean. He stayed on message. Go Dems!

[mahina]

5. kickin this

[Blue Gardener]

6. Dean in a landslide!

Not even a contest.

[President Jesus]

7. Roemer was not a governor

And God...who cares who the chairman is. Was it Ed Gillespie that won re-election for Bush? Of course not.

It's all about candidates...not about who the chairman is. Everybody is geting all worked into a lather over who becomes the new head cheerleader. Who cares?????

[Democrat Dragon]

9. It matters because the Dems needs leadership and organization

Which is something McAuffie lacked. Even Tom Roachlay noticed it.

I picked Dean because he is the "fuck it with left and right! let's just do what works!" kind of guy.

[President Jesus]

14. What is needed is a candidate with broad appeal

a presidential candidate who can build a coalition larger than 50.01% (which is the strategy both parties are currently employing).

The Democratic party is better organized now (and has more more money) than it's ever had. So what?

These party chairmanships are adminstrative positions. It is not like the party chair sets policy and picks candidates...not by a longshot. The superstars are the elected officials, not the party chair, who basically is the fundraiser- and cheerleader-in-chief.

I just don't think it matters who gets this, at least not to 99.9% of us.

[Democrat Dragon]

15. But it still needs a backbone and good leadership

[mahina]

24. me.

I care.

Jeez only a couple guys actually make touchdowns, what do you need those
other guys on the field for?

To win goddamn it. And not for the sport of it, for the future of the country and to end this criminal death squad's grip on power.

[ProgressiveConn]

37. I think this chair means a lot.

We want someone who will finish the shift from corporate driven fundraising to people driven fundraising. I'm getting tired of both parties being pro-massive-corporation.

[Adelante]

10. Dean! nt

[corbett]

11. Bad Blood With Joe Trippi?

It was my understanding that when Joe Trippi left the Dean campaign during the primaries, exhaustion was the main reason. That makes me wonder why he didn't endorse Dean for this job.

[imenja]

19. Dean fired Trippi

and it was a bad break up. Some charge him with all kinds of malfeasance which I won't repeat since I know of zero evidence to support their charges. I've seen him support Dean publicly since he left the campaign, but I'm not terribly surprised he is backing another candidate (Rosenberg).

[GettysbergII]

20. Trippi likes Rosenberg because he's more net savvy but also

I believe Trippi feels that Dean will always be the outsider to the core of the DNC. That's probably why we like Dean so much but campaign pros like Trippi think in terms 'winnability' first.

I'll be very surprised in Dean wins the Chair unless he alters his antiwar, anti-NCLB, etc stance.

[lala_rawraw]

34. hmmm

I like Trip though... i do.

[Cozmosis]

12. Dean for the win.

[I_equals_PRT]

13. only dean can keep me in the party, if it's anybody else, i go green n/t

[genius]

17. The Greens won't have Dean either. The Libertarians might.

[Eloriel]

32. He's already got a good start on his own party --

whether he knows it or not or thinks about it in those terms. But obviously I sure as hell do!!

[lala_rawraw]

36. Why don't the greens?

[rhite5]

43. I've sure been thinking along those same lines .....

If Dean does not get the nod, I would love to see him start a new party. I think a big chunk of his base would follow.

[MaineDem]

44. This was discussed last year after Dean lost the primaries

Dean said he'd never do that.

[Deep13]

46. bye

"only dean can keep me in the party, if it's anybody else, i go green n/t"

Maybe you should just take your ball and go home. If that's your attitude it sounds like you are to flakey to be reliable anyway.

This is why the party is moving to the center. It knows it cannot count on its base.

If Dean wins, I'm for him 100%. For now, I am liking Donnie Fowler.

[warphead]

21. Protect the Party from the centrists and conservatives

First of all; I'm very shocked and disappointed in both Bill and Hilary Clinton. I knew they were 'New Democrats' which means centrist/conservative, but to oppose Dean for both substance and style ( http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6857146/site/newsweek/ ) and join with the entrenched democrat conservatives that want to attract the 'red' states...?
Wait a minute! The Democratic Party didn't do as well as it did this time IN SPITE of the left-wing of the party...it did as well BECAUSE of the LEFT! The age of consensus and compromise is over. The excesses of capitalism, the environment, the increasing friction between cultures and class...and Hilary talks about "prayer in the public square"?
Dean isn't even that 'left'. He's (in my humble opinion) a populist, and strikes me as an old-style 'new-deal' liberal. I could be wrong here, but I don't see a wobbly when I look at Dean. Which I wouldn't mind. In any case; in the poll here, I voted for Dean. And if the DNC succumbs to the will of the Clintons and stays centrist/conservative; I'll be re-registering Peace and Freedom in California and supporting their candidates. (That is another issue I have with the so-called "new Democrats" and the Democrat Attorney General that knocked off the Peace and Freedom from the voter registration cards calling us an anachronism from the '60's.)
Anyway; I see Dean as a way to protect us from the age of 'republicrats' and the death of the Democrat party. It's up the the Democrats to make the decision to play for power or remember it's roots, stick to it's original principals and give a damn about the world and people living in it...or just winning. The latter will be their demise.

[MaineDem]

23. Dean said we have to be more centrist

I'll find the thread. It was in the LBN forum from Saturday.

Here's the thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1175578

[dbt]

22. Howard Dean in a minute!

No more Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys or this third-generation (that I know of) Democrat walks. Only this and nothing more.

:bounce:
dbt

[faithfulcitizen]

25. Tim Roemer-former rep, not governor :)

[bigwillq]

28. Dean

I think he's what the DNC needs at this moment. Strong vision, positive energy, not afraid to speak his mind.

[Extremeleftwing]

29. Dean, Dean, Dean!!

He is the man with the leadership and vision for the job. He can also yell really well.

[saltpoint]

30. Voted for Howard Dean

We need his energy and his brains right now.

It would make a lot of us feel better about our role in the party, our role as citizens, and our ticket's chances against The Cat Butcher et al.

[GetTheRightVote]

31. Done, go Dean go.

:kick:

[paineinthearse]

33. Notlob DTC endorses Dr. Dean!

At its caucus today, my town committee unanimously endorsed Dean and will be sending letters to our electors!

[paineinthearse]

38. Simon Rosenberg 1/31 CSPAN alert.

09:00 am
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Call-In
Democratic Party Future
C-SPAN, Washington Journal
Simon Rosenberg , New Democrat Network
The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times.

http://www.newdem.org/
"NDN is a powerful, national network of leaders committed to modernizing progressive politics and building a durable Democratic majority. Please join our effort to forge a modern, unified strategy that will help our party win again and help restore the promise of America."

This is a front group for Simon Rosenberg for DNC chair - hotlinks directly to www.simonforchair.org/

[lwin]

42. Way to go Sherlock...

Did you figure that out all by yourself? NDN has ALWAYS been headed up by Rosenberg. Is that a problem? Should Dean be the only one who has front organization?

[specedteacher]

39. Howard Dean For Democratic Chairman

Howard Dean all the way. I supported him for president and support him to be the next chairman of the democratic party. He is just the man to re-energize the democratic party. We need his leadership, his energy and his dedication to liberal ideals.

[MattG]

40. watched the candidates say their stuff on C-Span

I think they all were pretty good. I did however, like Martin Frost a lot. I think he's got a real good attitude and conviction. But, Dean will probably be the winner. Which is OK with me. As long as they plan on sabotaging Hillary's plans for nomination in 08, they're cool ;)

[Deep13]

45. Fowler

I heard him on Air America this morning. Sounds like he knows his stuff. Wants to clean out all the Washington consultants that have been leading us down the garden path for 30 years. Seems to know that when you are a minority party you cannot be too choosey about ones constituency. This whole left-or-center debate will get us nowhere. We need both. We need the people who are fighting on the local level and know what is possible politically to be directing the party's priotities and strategy.

[Deep13]

47. never mind

Apparently Fowler is involved in some campaign finance scandal involving $1.25 million in Kerry funds.

[Deep13]

50. just a rumor!

Turns out, that is nothing but rumor. Fowler ran Kerry's MI campaign and now it seems that the Mich. Dems and the DNC are in a pissing contest over finance records. Fowler does not seem to be implicated except that he was in MI last year.

[rndmprsn]

48. GO DEAN!!!! n/t

[davepc]

49. Howard Dean "gets it"

[John Q. Citizen]

51. Dean, because he won't write off the South, and he's good at

condensing complex issues into meaningful sound bites. He's good at fundraising, and he will provide an institutional backbone to an opposition party that needs to project a principled vision.

[fujiyama]

52. No doubt about it

Dean.

The other choices suck. I wasn't a Dean supporter in the primaries, but I want some excitement and enthusiasm.

The other choices either sound mentally challenged, bore me to death, or are republicans in Dem clothing.

[Dob Bole]

53. Edwards!

I wish he was running. He definitely needs a place in the party's future...