Circular firing squads still!?

[Ediacara]

WTF! After three days of euphoric celebration across a grateful nation the corporate news hacks are giddy that James Carville and "party insiders" want to dump Howard Dean as party chair. Why you ask? Because he didn't play nice with Rahm Emmanuel. WTF!

First: I have been on this website for more than five years. I, like most of you, follow politics more than probably 99% of the general populace. You wanna know how many times I heard about this Dean-Emmanuel infighting? Exactly ONCE in an article in New York Times Magazine on Dr. Dean. You wanna know how many times the general public has heard about this Dean-Emmanuel infighting? Exactly NEVER.

Second: I firmly believe that both Dean and Emmanuel (and Schumer) deserve praise and thanks for engineering an almost unthinkable victory. Emmanuel for recruiting great candidates in swing districts, and Dean for putting people on the ground in states that the GOP owns helping us pick up even more districts and forcing the GOP to waste money on defense in Idaho and Nebraska! No one strategy would have worked alone, but in concert it was the perfect electoral storm. All three of these men are getting a thank-you card from me for their efforts.

Third: So the fuck what? He didn't play nice? Big fucking deal! We won, and we're in a great position to make even further gains in 2008. Dumping Dean however would be disastrous as the general public would see the party as dysfunctional. "God, the Democrats are so dumb and dysfunctional that even when they win they fire the guy in charge because they need someone to blame!"

Fuck that! I still plan on celebrating until well past the first 100 minutes on 03 January, and I hope you'll all join with me. I hope this is all just a sign of Carville finally going off the deep end into permanent irrelevancy, but if there is any attempt to sack Dean between now and then, they won't see another dime from me for the rest of my life.

[fooj]

1. They won't see another dime from me, either.

[stillcool]

2. well said...it does seem to be...

more of the same-old, same-old...DLC + corp-whores vs. DNC.

[jgraz]

3. Fuck Rahm Emmanuel

The guy almost lost this election for us. He withheld support (or ran DLC wusbags against) most of the winning Congressional progressives. His handpicked candidate, Tammy Duckworth, went down in flames, mostly because she was too soft on her opposition to the war.

Now he's trying to take credit for Dean's 50-state strategy? Fuck him -- fuck him right in the eye.

[katinmn]

4. Party insiders never wanted Dean. But the grassroots did. I remember

calling, writing, petitioning, LTTEs and whatnot for a month and we prevailed. Many of us gave money to the DNC and not to the DCCC or DSCC because we felt the money would have a better chance of getting to grassroots candidates.

Dean is about engaging people and growing the party from the ground up. Can anyone say that was a failing strategy?

Coleen Rowley, the FBI whistleblower (who is as sharp, steadfast and honest as the day is long) had to fight off a very weak DC pick through the primary and even after winning in September never gained the strong support from the DCCC that she deserved. Her opponent pummeled her with millions in negative ads that she could not respond to. Murtha and Feingold were the only "big names" who supported her. So we have one more 'puke in Congress (the guy who carried Reagan's bag) because the DCCC thought Coleen was "too independent minded" and unelectable to waste money on. What a shame.

[AntiFascist]

5. The party's big business interests are making their presence felt....

even here on DU.