Jaime Harrison is the front-runner to become DNC chair. Will anyone get in his way?

[TexasTowelie]

Washington

Even as his own fate on a frantic election night remained unresolved, Joe Biden found time to call Jaime Harrison after he delivered his speech conceding to Lindsey Graham in South Carolina’s U.S. Senate race.

Biden simply wanted to “pick him up and offer words of encouragement,” according to a friend of Harrison’s. Now, many Democrats assume Biden’s next call to the 44-year-old Harrison will be a formal offer to steer the national party.

“Because he ran for DNC chair, because he was a state party chair, because he worked on the Hill and certainly because he ran for the Senate, he knows what it takes,” said Clay Middleton, a Democratic National Committee member from South Carolina who is close to Harrison. “If President-elect Biden were to pick Jaime, there would not be an outcry of pushback.”

Before the election, DNC members were floating the names of state party chairs like Ken Martin from Minnesota and Jane Kleeb from Nebraska as possible contenders to succeed Tom Perez. But ever since influential South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn put out quiet word he was backing Harrison, the talk of rivals has diminished.

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[Demsrule86]

1. I would prefer someone who will implement a 50 state strategy and someone with more

experience.

[FarPoint]

3. Me too....

It appears Perez has done a fine job....

[Bettie]

2. Harrison is a fine choice

and would be a great choice.

[BainsBane]

4. I'd love to see Stacy Abrams in that position

She has shown that she knows how to turn out the vote. Nothing against Harrison, mind you.

[DeminPennswoods]

5. Harrison is Clyburn's protege'

And Clyburn was a key Biden endorser, having helped ensure a Biden win in the SC Dem primary and momentum into Super Tuesday.

[dsc]

6. there is an electorate of one for this

Biden gets to decide.

[napi21]

7. I like Jamie, but I'm hoping the new DNC Chair is nore forceful than Jamie. we're battling some

extremely nasty people and I'm tired of the Dems always taking the high road insead of hand-to-hand combat. Sure they can hold their head up with pride, but THEY LOST! Gotta start using the same tactics against the Pubs that they use on us.

[msongs]

8. raised and spent a huge bundle and lost big nt