Then There Were Four
Field of Candidates for DNC Chairman Narrows to Four
The field of potential candidates for Democratic National Committee chairman shrank by two yesterday when former White House deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes and former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk announced they had decided not to enter the competition.
Kirk, the 2002 Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, gave a boost to former House member and fellow Texan Martin Frost by endorsing his candidacy, while Ickes, a veteran party strategist, said he would defer supporting another candidate.
The battle for party chairman has taken on significance as an early indicator of the direction Democrats will take in the aftermath of John F. Kerry’s loss and the GOP’s strengthened majorities in the House and Senate.
The contest has ideological overtones — with some Democrats arguing for a shift to the center to make the party more appealing to southern, western and rural voters — and also will highlight the desire of many Democrats to strengthen state parties and maintain grass-roots energy and activism.
Frost is one of four candidates definitely in the race. The others are former Denver mayor Wellington E. Webb, New Democrat Network founder Simon B. Rosenberg and party strategist Donnie Fowler.
Howard Dean is still thinking about running as are James Blanchard and Timothy Roemer. Whoever decides to run and wins will play a major role in determining where the Dems should go from here in taking on GW and the current administration in organizing for 2006 and 2008.
January 5, 2005 - 09:17 AM on January 5th, 2005
I know from expierience that Blanchard is an idiot.
January 5, 2005 - 09:23 AM on January 5th, 2005
i know from experience that people who call other people idiots leave themselves open for, well, stuff.
what’s wrong with Blanchard?
January 5, 2005 - 09:38 AM on January 5th, 2005
I know from experience that people who say that people who call other people idiots leave themselves open for, well, stuff.
January 5, 2005 - 09:41 AM on January 5th, 2005
Wait, I screwed that up. I must be an idiot. Here is what I meant to say.
I know from experience that people who say that people who call other people idiots leave themselves open for, well, stuff, leave themselves open for, well, stuff.
January 5, 2005 - 09:44 AM on January 5th, 2005
i know from experience that people who say that people who call other people idiots ….shoot, it’s too complicated at this point.
i did ask a question, tho i doubt i’ll get an answer. peejz & i have a 5th grade fued goin on; she starts it one day, me the next.
her favorite yellow face for me is
it’s like saying ‘whatever’ which drives me nuts.
January 5, 2005 - 10:26 AM on January 5th, 2005
she’ll tell you what’s wrong with him.
January 5, 2005 - 11:56 AM on January 5th, 2005
What’s wrong with Terry McAuliffe? I thought he was fantastic!
4 more years!
…if it aint broke!!!
January 5, 2005 - 01:40 PM on January 5th, 2005
The perfect DNC Chair would be Osama Bin Laden.
January 5, 2005 - 01:44 PM on January 5th, 2005
Susan Estrich..we need to put a face on the modern democratic party, and I nominate that looker.
January 5, 2005 - 01:53 PM on January 5th, 2005
9. Estritch and Looker in the same sentence:shock:
five post penalty on Mike Kilo.
January 5, 2005 - 03:41 PM on January 5th, 2005
Wow Mike, I hope that was sarcastic!
January 5, 2005 - 08:10 PM on January 5th, 2005
It wont be hillary she craves the whitehouse rather then the puny demacratic party so she wont be in there she has bigger fish to fry:lol:
January 5, 2005 - 09:37 PM on January 5th, 2005
Peejz and I are from the same state, shiloh, so we’re a bit more familiar with the “Blanchard effect” when he was governor.
In college, we knew people who were in the “square club.” These were the people who, if you multiplied their GPA by itself, you’d end up with a smaller number.
Let’s just say Blanchard is a terrific choice to head the DNC…if you want even fewer Dem seats in the House and Senate than what you had.
All you really have with him is a breezy face spouting the same ideas and ideals that got him bounced out of office back in 1990.