Reply #8: I'm less concerned about ideology for party chair [View All]

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The party chair doesn't really have much to do with the ideological path of the party. The job is mostly about organizing and running the party on a day-to-day basis, and building up the base in between elections. Basically the chair is a glorified administrator who is in charge of the "nuts and bolts" of the operation, as opposed to its vision or soul.

Dean has a couple things going for him this time around: he has the grassroots connections, and has shown that he can organize voters and get them to the polls, and also maintain an organization between elections. Although he's not the best of ideological grounds (at least for me), he does have the ability to connect with people-- and does not have much control over what the candidates' beliefs are as DNC chair.