Post by Moses on Feb 5, 2005 20:17:05 GMT -5
USA Today
....Remarks from other Democrats suggest they don't see Dean in that role. "We're not looking for a spokesperson in the chairmanship," 2004 nominee John Kerry said on NBC. [Whose party is it, white man?]
Terry McAuliffe, current DNC chairman, says he gave Dean a two-hour presentation on what a party chairman does. "Your job is to raise money and do the mechanics," he said in an interview. "It is not your job ... to set policy." [We hate you, Terry-- your fundraising priorities DID set policy]
In recent TV appearances, Dean offered his opinion on two Cabinet votes and disagreed with Senate minority leader Harry Reid of Nevada on whether Antonin Scalia would be tolerable as chief justice of the Supreme Court. Reid later noted his constituency is "much larger" than the 447-member DNC. Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, said she thinks Dean "would take his lead from us." [The Democratic Leadership will clearly continue to be vile, even w/ Dean at DNC-- what to do?]
McEntee says he told Dean "he's got to be disciplined and careful" and not step on toes, his own or those of elected party leaders. He says Dean told him he might do more party building and less TV "because there's always this possibility that he'd lose some of that discipline that he's trying to form."
There is still some unease about Dean's grass-roots multitudes, whom he mobilized for his DNC bid. "His people tend to be a bit left," Pederson says, adding some DNC members in Arizona were "alarmed" at the avalanche of calls from them. [Pederson is chair of the Arizona Dem Party]
Dean advocates say his network and success so far are evidence that he was no flash in the pan. "It's great vindication for him," says Steve McMahon, a longtime Dean strategist. "It proves that he's the real deal."
....Remarks from other Democrats suggest they don't see Dean in that role. "We're not looking for a spokesperson in the chairmanship," 2004 nominee John Kerry said on NBC. [Whose party is it, white man?]
Terry McAuliffe, current DNC chairman, says he gave Dean a two-hour presentation on what a party chairman does. "Your job is to raise money and do the mechanics," he said in an interview. "It is not your job ... to set policy." [We hate you, Terry-- your fundraising priorities DID set policy]
In recent TV appearances, Dean offered his opinion on two Cabinet votes and disagreed with Senate minority leader Harry Reid of Nevada on whether Antonin Scalia would be tolerable as chief justice of the Supreme Court. Reid later noted his constituency is "much larger" than the 447-member DNC. Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, said she thinks Dean "would take his lead from us." [The Democratic Leadership will clearly continue to be vile, even w/ Dean at DNC-- what to do?]
McEntee says he told Dean "he's got to be disciplined and careful" and not step on toes, his own or those of elected party leaders. He says Dean told him he might do more party building and less TV "because there's always this possibility that he'd lose some of that discipline that he's trying to form."
There is still some unease about Dean's grass-roots multitudes, whom he mobilized for his DNC bid. "His people tend to be a bit left," Pederson says, adding some DNC members in Arizona were "alarmed" at the avalanche of calls from them. [Pederson is chair of the Arizona Dem Party]
Dean advocates say his network and success so far are evidence that he was no flash in the pan. "It's great vindication for him," says Steve McMahon, a longtime Dean strategist. "It proves that he's the real deal."
