Dean's drop-out reshapes DNC chair fight

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Dean's drop-out reshapes DNC chair fight
Once thought to be the favorite, Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison faces resistance.
By GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI 12/02/16 08:51 PM EST

DENVER — Keith Ellison came to Colorado seeking to cement his position as the front-runner for Democratic National Committee chairman. But the Minnesota congressman ended the week in worse shape than when it started.

Just hours after Ellison’s role as the favorite was thrown into question by a stinging condemnation of his past statements about Israel by the Anti-Defamation League — a move Ellison and his allies vigorously rebutted — former Chairman Howard Dean dropped his comeback bid and bowed out of the race, scrambling an already complicated contest.

The three remaining announced candidates for the chairmanship — Ellison, New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairman Raymond Buckley, and South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Jaime Harrison — spoke to state party officials from across the country for nearly two-and-a-half hours here at the Association of State Democratic Chairs meeting, exhaustively laying out their hopes for a rejuvenated party in displays that appeared to leave the DNC membership just as unsure of its next leader's identity as when it entered the room.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/keith-ellison-dnc-chair-howard-dean-232154

[lonestarnot]

1. Oh yay. Maybe we need a good fight. Don't know about Buckley or Harrison. Guess I better bone up.

[radical noodle]

2. I like Jaime Harrison

and he would make it a full time job.

[msongs]

4. so how many democrats have been elected in SC the past 4 years?

[nycbos]

3. I like the idea of Buckley or Harrison.

We have neglected races at the state and local level who better than a state chair to know what we need to do there?