McAuliffe won't return as DNC boss

[Freddie Stubbs]

"One four-year term is enough"; former Syracusan says he'll leave next year.

February 26, 2004

By John Mariani
Staff writer

Terry McAuliffe, who rose from Syracuse politics to lead the Democratic 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.

"One four-year term is enough," McAuliffe added. "I've served my party. It's been spectacular. But . . . I'm gone. I have five little children and you know what? I miss ballgames."

Most Democratic chairs serve only one term. Exceptions include James A. Farley, 1932 to 1940, and John M. Bailey, 1961 to 1968.

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[MurikanDemocrat]

1. Wonder who potential successors are.

[wicket]

5. The Big Dog!

One can dream eh? Imagine how crazy it would drive the Repukes if President Clinton took over the DNC, hehehehehe :)

[MurikanDemocrat]

14. That would be great!!

:)

[truthisfreedom]

27. he might make too effective a target for the RNC (most of the public is

not aware of who terry is). i'd love it, but i think we'd see him in the news all the time. might be good, might be bad. personally, i think it would interfere with his talks and speeches. 8^)

[flaminbats]

30. Maybe we can recruit Colin Powell....

or Dick Cheney, if he gets sacked as VP! What about ole Rudy, if he fails to get on the Republican ticket?

We always replace the DNC chairman with George Tenet, Alan Greenspan, Condoleezza Rice, and don't forget the honorable Tom Daschle. In America...the possibilities blow the mind :nuke:

[Blue-Jay]

2. Good.

eom

[libview]

3. ???

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.

[htuttle]

6. "party is in the best technological and financial shape in history"

That would be great -- if the Democratic Party were a SOFTWARE COMPANY!

:eyes:

[mobuto]

7. I keep trying to load DNC v2.0

And it keeps reporting "Insufficient Resources."

[htuttle]

8. "Spine.DLL not found"

Please insert a CD containing "Spine.DLL and press Continue"

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

23. LOL!

[MidwestTransplant]

19. I ususally measure a party's success by electoral success

[truthspeaker]

4. Door, ass, etc.

Although I've liked what he's been saying lately (called Bush AWOL on Faux News, heh heh) he seems to have just woken up recently. Bush should have been an easy target in 2002 and the DNC flubbed it.

[onehandle]

9. He's good on the air....

And no matter what folks think of him, he was a good fundraiser. Which is his main duty.

[AlecBGreen]

31. exactly truthspeaker

Dont let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya

[jean]

10. good news - but I still dislike him. Whenever any DNC contact

comes my way it turns me off. Even the most recent email, from Clinton asking for money, just shut me down.

I don't know what it will take for the DNC to elevate itself in my cynical mind, but for now I prefer to contribute to those "shadow" groups (as Andrea Mitchell called them last week) like MoveOn and all the others.

[Blue_Roses]

11. wonder who will replace

him. Dean? Clinton? Gore?

[displacedvermoter]

12. Bill Bradley or John Edwards, assuming Edwards not on ticket?

I always liked Bradley and I'd like to see him in a meaningful postion. Edwards has the whole package and could certainly do a couple of years of revitalizing party and pciking up IOUs before turning the party over to a Clinton, Gore or whomever before his next presidential run (again, making assumptions about who is in White House). I'd like to have him running the party for the 06 midterms, though.

I also think Dean would be an interesting choice, again, making more assumptions.

Glad he'd leaving, BTW. Wasn't much good as a spokesman until lately, did a poor job in 02. Lotta baggage from his business dealings and ties to Bubba, as well.

On Edit: Added a question mark to Subject. Just thinking outloud like everyone else, not making a prediction or stating something forcefully.

[progressivebydesign]

18. I doubt any established politician would take the gig..

..it'll be another admin type.. nothing exciting. Bummer.. I'd like to see someone really energize the party. Dean would be nice, but it would never happen. Clinton? Gore? Edwards? Hmmm... doubt any would be willing to preclude any further political ambitions to do this.. look for some administrative suit type. yawn...

[MGKrebs]

13. Howard Dean for DNC chair!

[reprobate]

15. Sure, that'll happen. Snowballs, hell, etc.

[auntpattywatty]

16. Dean - I hope, I hope! I think he would be wonderful, and I for one would

get over my HUGE disappointment that he is not going to be our next president.

[Lugnut]

22. I second the motion. n/t

[0007]

24. Le's make it unanimous?

I guess all that money from WorldCom is burning a hole in his pocket


C'ya Terry baby!

[smiley_glad_hands]

17. So Terry should be going all out this next year---

he can expend a lot of politcal clout in defeating W, come back in a few years after his kids grow up.

[jackstraw45]

20. Should have been dumped in December of 2002...

Two years too late for the Dems in my opinion.

[bspence]

21. Adios. Don't let it hit you on the way out. n/t

[Cooley Hurd]

25. Howard Dean is the best choice...

...for McAuliffe's successor. It was Dean that infused the spine back into the body Democratic. I'd like to see him back into a capacity that would allow him to keep fighting.

He's (still and always) got my vote!

[JPace]

26. I heard that the job consists mostly of raising money

and it is a horrible job that few people want.

[tom_paine]

28. We NEED a FIGHTER!

MacAulifee was definitely NOT it.

We need someone to say to Gillespie or DeLay, "It's the Democratic Party, not the Democrat Party," and not let them off the hook because it's a fact that they use the slur purposefully.

"Well, I suppose I feel the same way about the Republic Party then." would be an awesome response.

And Not just for trivial or picayune issues (though the use of the Democrat Party slur is far from either, it couls be construed as such).

I remember watching Meet the Whore with Russert. It was with macAuliffe and Racicot. Russert brought up the Osama-Cleland ads and even (for one of the VERY rare times) was sympathetic to the Democratic positon and he even gave MacAuliffe several chances to score some big rhetorical points.

At each time, he demurred, and let the Evil Racicot tell another lie, make another obfusctaion.

As we all know: Lies unchalleneged become Conevntional Wisdom, particularly given the nature of the Party-Loyal Right-Wing Sub-Media and Corporate TV Pravda.

No, we need a fighter, not Terry MacAuliffe...

[peterh]

29. Ahhh shucks…..