***PSA: HOWARD DEAN IS QUITTING THE DNC IN JANUARY****

[cali]

Many here seem to unaware of this fact. He doesn't want to stay in a position that's simply an arm of the WH. He's made that clear since he took the job 4 years ago.

I've heard him say it repeatedly- most recently on VPR.

He's absolutely, positively not interested in staying on as DNC Chair.

[knixphan]

1. Dean '16?

It even rhymes.

[Faygo Kid]

2. Put him in the Cabinet.

Dr. Dean would be excellent as HHS secretary.

[JaneQPublic]

6. According to an AP story, that's a possibility

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7833208&mesg_id=7834353

[acmavm]

17. Yes he would.

[rocktivity]

3. Didn't he re-up for another four years?

Or is he going to take a job with President Obama...Damn, it feels good to say that!

:headbang:
rocknation

[cali]

5. nope. he is not running for another term. Obama will put his person in.

[madfloridian]

15. Here.

http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/82772/

[KittyWampus]

33. Obama can't "put his person in". It's not an appointed position. Dean was voted in and had

competition.

[midnight]

4. He should be given any position that he asks for...

[harun]

31. I second that.

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[THUNDER HANDS]

8. David Plouffe for head of DNC

or however you spell his name.

[Eurobabe]

50. Rumors are swirling that Plouffe may get Biden's Senate seat

since he's a Del native and a Blue Hen.

[bdamomma]

54. a good Blue Hen?

:hi:

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[Radical Activist]

10. Fine. Obama should get whoever he wants.

Just like any other President.

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[Exilednight]

12. A politician never says never, and Dean hasn't said no. What he said is ........

Interviewer: "Governor your chairmanship of the DNC is coming to an end in January, can you tell us what you are going to do next?"

Dean: "I don't know, that is partly going to be up to President-Elect Obama."

[Marsala]

46. I think he mainly meant that in the context of Cabinet appointments

Dean is interested in the HHS position, but not interested in the DNC chair again.

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[AtomicKitten]

18. Rumor has it Ickes wants the job as DNC Chair. I vote no on that.

Dean has done a brilliant job as DNC Chair. I would like him to stay on to continue to increase the Democratic majority. Rumor has it he wants to be appointed to HHS. I support that, but if he moves on I think it's important to keep jerk ideologues like Ickes out of that position. Ickes wrote the rules excluding Michigan and Florida in the primaries and then turned on a dime decrying the very rules he wrote. I vote no on Ickes.

[last1standing]

34. I doubt that Obama would let Ickes become DNC chair after the slime he pulled against him.

My worry is someone like Harold Ford, Jr. taking the reins and turning back to the McAuliffe strategy that cost us the House, Senate and Presidency for so many years. We'll just have to see what happens.

[AspenRose]

37. Good Lord, I hope that doesn't happen.

:scared:

[book_worm]

19. I wouldn't blame him for leaving

He did a great job in four years. Under his leadership we have expanded our base, gained between 06 and 08 over fifty house seats and 10-12 Senate seats, governorships and state leg offices. I think '10 is bound to be a setback for dems as usually the inparty loses seats in midterm elections. He should take his laurels and get a nice cabinet post.

[Hippo_Tron]

20. I asked him this question when I spoke to him briefly in 2007

He said that when your party has the incumbent President the DNC Chair becomes a figurehead who takes orders from the White House Political Director and that's not a gig he's really interested in.

[madfloridian]

22. Listen to the audio.

And the last few weeks he has said if Obama truly wanted him to stay he would consider it.

[Hippo_Tron]

26. Yea actually now that I think about it he did add that caveat when I spoke to him

Something like "If the President of the United States asks you to serve, you can't just ignore that."

[madfloridian]

21. I posted the audio to clarify. I was called a whiner and a martyr.

That's what we are becoming?

When a post remains uncorrected with false stuff...people take it seriously.

Line up if you have thought of more names.

:shrug:

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[madfloridian]

24. Yes, they do, don't they.

.
Do you feel better now?

[mvd]

25. I will miss him

He did a lot in making the WH and Congress Democratic!

[madfloridian]

28. He has said he would reconsider if asked. That's why this thread...

worries me. That is not what the audio says at all.

[New Dawn]

27. Damn, he should reconsider.

[madfloridian]

29. In the audio he say he might reconsider if asked.

But I hate to post the audio again as I get attacked.

[dansolo]

35. But I suspect he would rather have the HHS job

Dean is being diplomatic, but I think it is clear that he really wants the Sec. of HHS job.

[madfloridian]

38. I have not seen that yet in his own words.

But I have read it a lot. I doubt he really wants 4 more years of the thankless DNC chair. It's just that in the audio he did say it would be up to Obama. Even though he has said in the past that he would not seek it, I just wanted to make clear what the audio from VPR said.

You are probably right.

[H2O Man]

30. Get Smart

My son is playing the DVD right now. It's very funny. Much better than the fighting on this thread.

Everyone should watch "Get Smart."

[Whisp]

41. that's odd... we rent movies rarely lately and are about to watch Get Smart. ;)

[Whisp]

59. saw it and was dissapointed. ;(

it had some really good lines, but not consistently funny at all. the sexism part always makes me sad.

[Whoa20]

32. wouldn't mind him in a think tank

as thats where he'd be free to think of new ideas, which he would do best. Like John Podesta, or Dean could actually manage campaigns.

[EffieBlack]

36. Most DNC chairs allow the president of their party to choose their own chair

[eshfemme]

39. Crap, who's gonna be as kick ass as Dean is? We still have 2010 and 2012 to think about!

We need someone to make sure that the grassroots infrastructure built up till now is maintained and expanded up! Who's gonna be good at making sure that we keep pushing the 50 states strategy???

[wyldwolf]

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[WillyT]

43. Ass Spanked

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[Rowdyboy]

44. Howard Dean is a kickass organizer...so is Barack Obama...I'm not worried

at all.

[Antennas]

45. Dean would be perfect for HHS.

In fact, I'm willing to bet any amount of money that will be his next job.

[No Elephants]

47. So, Dean does not want to work for the DNC bc it is an outpost of the WH, but he wants a job in the

Cabinet? Am I the only one not seeing how one of those things follows from the other?

[berni_mccoy]

51. The Head of the DNC is doing POLITICAL work. Dean wants to actually do some WORK in the new Admin

[jefferson_dem]

48. Say hello to Chairman Plouffe.

And Dr. Dean will make a fine Sec. of HHS.

[mmonk]

49. He can't be in charge of the DNC and head of HHS.

[berni_mccoy]

52. Thanks Cali. There are many people here who are new and not understanding of the transition.

[cali]

53. or they just can't accept it.

kind of surprising and strange.

It's not Howard's DNC anymore, it's President Obama's. Just the way it works.

[BlooInBloo]

56. And a job well-done.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

57. He should have a Senate seat

[cali]

60. he won't- at least not in the near future. Pat Leahy is certain to run for re-election

in 2010. He's 66 or 68 and in good health. Vermonter love Pat. He's Vermont's first and only dem Senator. He's been in since 1974, and he'll be elected as long as he wants to stay. Bernie is up in 2012, and no way will Dean run against him either.