New DNC Chair?

[Ramo]

Terry McAuliffe's term ends. He presided over a series of disastrous elections, failing completely to articulate a coherent message against one of the most inept Administrations, ever. The grass roots were entirely responsible for pretty much the only thing he successfully "did" (raise lots of money).

So, who will replace him?

I thought that Howard Dean would be a longshot if Kerry won, but now that he's lost, I think Dean could very well become Chairman of the DNC. And that's exactly what the Party needs if it ever wants to stop being a minority party. Contest every election, and reorient the Democratic Party on democratic principles.

[chequita guevara]

Dean might be good.

[Stefu]

Teh Dennis

It is the only way to get the endorsement of the little animals of the forest

Hoping that teh Dennis runs again in 2008 after a heavy dose from the orbital mind control lasers, and really, what's keeping him from running?

[GhengisFarb™]

John Edwards is looking for a job right about now........

[AnnC]

Joe Trippi would be the best choice.

[Agathon]

Whoever it is should rebrand the Democrats as a regional party and focus on winning state elections. They cannot win in the US for cultural reasons.

[monkspider]

Dean

[PLATO]

Re: New DNC Chair?

Originally posted by Ramo
Terry McAuliffe's term ends. He presided over a series of disastrous elections, failing completely to articulate a coherent message against one of the most inept Administrations, ever. The grass roots were entirely responsible for pretty much the only thing he successfully "did" (raise lots of money).

So, who will replace him?

I thought that Howard Dean would be a longshot if Kerry won, but now that he's lost, I think Dean could very well become Chairman of the DNC. And that's exactly what the Party needs if it ever wants to stop being a minority party. Contest every election, and reorient the Democratic Party on democratic principles.

See...That's the problem with most Democrats...and why they keep loosing elections. Find someone near the center and your party will begin to rebound. When you polarize the country by going with leftist leaders then the "silent majority" will knee jerk conservative. If the Dems would go more to the middle then the "silent majority" would stay home and watch TV during elections.

Dean is just more of the same...and the Dems will get more of the same results.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Re: Re: New DNC Chair?

Originally posted by PLATO


See...That's the problem with most Democrats...and why they keep loosing elections. Find someone near the center and your party will begin to rebound. When you polarize the country by going with leftist leaders then the "silent majority" will knee jerk conservative. If the Dems would go more to the middle then the "silent majority" would stay home and watch TV during elections.

Dean is just more of the same...and the Dems will get more of the same results.

Yep, exactly.

[Arrian]

Agree. The Dems win with Centrists. Southern Centrists.

Meh.

-Arrian

[OzzyKP]

If the only way to win is to become Republicans, then why bother winning? Democrats need someone who can better articulate their message, i.e. Dean. Either that, or someone ambitious enough to look for and address the root causes of their failure, and perhaps seek a major re-alignment.

[Dinner]

It is very, very important that the DNC send a message to the American people that the New Democratic Party will be a cnetrist party of Clinton and not the left wing party of LBJ. Terry McAuliffe is an old 60's style leftist who's still trying to fight the battles of the 1960's so he needs to be put out to pasture and a young Clintonian centrist (hopefully a Dixicrat) needs to get the top spot.

The real danger is that the left takes this opportunity to put in another Nacy Polosi (the house minority leader) type left winger and then the party is truly set to lose again in 2008. Right now the Dems are losing because they are to far to the left and they need to move to the center. If Republicans stay far right then the centrists will pull the rug out from under them.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Agathon
Whoever it is should rebrand the Democrats as a regional party and focus on winning state elections. They cannot win in the US for cultural reasons.

Please, they won nationally 8 years ago! They just had a centrist instead of a leftist candidate. They can do it again if the smarten up and take the center.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by OzzyKP
If the only way to win is to become Republicans, then why bother winning?

Become Republicans? I don’t think centrist democrats like Clinton were Republicans. I see the modern Republican Party as being significantly to the right of the center not in the middle. A few like Schwarzenegger and McCain are in the middle but they're disliked by the right wing extremists who control the party.

Democrats need to position themselves as the party of the average American and the average American is right in the middle politically.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Re: Re: New DNC Chair?

Originally posted by PLATO


See...That's the problem with most Democrats...and why they keep loosing elections. Find someone near the center and your party will begin to rebound. When you polarize the country by going with leftist leaders then the "silent majority" will knee jerk conservative. If the Dems would go more to the middle then the "silent majority" would stay home and watch TV during elections.

Dean is just more of the same...and the Dems will get more of the same results.

Bingo!! Expect more of the same knee jerk 2002 response. We didn't go left enough will resound from the likes of Pelosi, Moore, and Franken. If and when they go centrist I'll be one of the first to give them a look see. Until then, forget it.