Doesn't matter where DNC chair is from, what he believes on litmus issues!

[leyton]

People here keep talking about how we shouldn't choose Dean because he's a northeasterner, or Roemer because he's pro-life.

Who cares?

The job of the DNC chair is to raise money; coordinate state parties; recruit candidates; hone a message; and send out press releases that nobody cares about. It's not a public position. It's not like some guy in some red state is going to turn on C-SPAN and see some guy interviewing the DNC chair and totally change his opinion of the Democratic party because he's a tree-hugging blood-sucking liberal from Hollywood, Massachusetts. The only people paying attention are junkies like us. And it's not like the DNC chair is going to reshape the party along his own ideological viewpoint. The people who influence public policy in this country are public officials like our President, Senators, Representatives, Governors, and Judges. The DNC chair's job is to get Democrats into those positions, and the DNC chair is not going to pull strings to make sure that only pro-life candidates get nominated or whatever.

What does matter is the direction that the chair wants the party to take. Centrism vs. progressivism. Focusing on a few states vs. a fifty-state effort. And so forth. We should base our choice on that, and not act as if picking a DNC chairman is *anything* like nominating a Presidential candidate.

Okay, I'm done.

[Rowdyboy]

1. Has someone really said "No Dean" because he's from the northeast?

I can understand some who thinks he'd make a bad chairman on ideological grounds but not because he's from the north-east. Thats just the same kind of childish bigotry that some here use against southerners. There's no excuse for that sort of ignorance.

Now Roemer being anti-choice is a horse of a different color. That position is a deal-killer to many Democrats, myself included. Roemer would be my very last choice.

[NYCGirl]

2. Yep. Link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1497919&mesg_id=1497919

[Rowdyboy]

3. I actually stumbled onto that thread a minute ago.....

Thread author has a post count of 45 + flamebait post = what a waste of time.

Sorry that I doubted how imbecilic some people on this board can be.

on edit: thanks for providing the link.