Draft Dean!

No, not for that job. For this job (link via Atrios):

Terry McAuliffe, who rose from Syracuse politics to lead the senate National Committee, will quit the chairmanship when his term expires next year.

“I’m going to leave here in February of ‘05, finish my term, and the legacy that I will get to leave this party is this is a party that is in the best technological and financial shape in the history of our party,” McAuliffe said Wednesday.
. . .
Observers credit McAuliffe with rebuilding the national party by paying off its debts, building new headquarters, introducing high-tech campaigning and rearranging the primary schedule.

McAuliffe, 47, learned politics at the side of his father, Jack, a former treasurer of the Onondaga County Democratic party. By 2000, Terry McAuliffe had raised an estimated $300 million for the Democrats and become Bill Clinton’s best friend and fund-raiser.

Dean’s looking for a new direction right now and I can’t think of a better one than this. Dean’s already proven himself capable of raking in money and firing people up. This is the perfect job for him.

I would love to see him step in now to be a co-chair with McAuliffe during this election. Let McAuliffe stroke the egos of all the big money guys and let Dean work towards more a grassroots-style organization within the DNC. Maybe Dean could dust off his attempt to get 2 million people to donate $100 each?


posted by greg on February 26, 2004 @ 12:41 pm

2 comments

  1. As our animatronic candidiate likes to say, “Bring…. it…… on!”

    I’ve been pushng for this for a while. Perhaps this announcement by McAuliffe is a sign the Party is willing to entertain a Dean scenario.

    I have also said, that when Dean makes his eventual endorsement, he should have a $100 check in hand to give the nominee. Then call for the resurrection of the “$100 Revolution” This will go a long way to dispell the feelings of corporate / big money ties asssociated with Kerry and the existing Party machinery.

    Comment by Mr. Furious — February 26, 2004 @ 1:12 pm

  2. If Dean becomes DNC chair, I’ll eat my hat.

    Oh wait, I don’t have a hat.

    If Dean becomes DNC chair, I’ll eat your hat.

    Comment by Hamilton Lovecraft — February 27, 2004 @ 5:00 pm

Copy link for RSS feed for comments on this post

Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.