All the DNC organizers received termination letters today!!!!

[kaygore]

Dean built a great organization across the nation since 2004. In Virginia we had three regional DNC organizers who deserve a great deal of the credit for turning this state BLUE!

I just learned that all of our DNC organizers and I would assume those throughout the country have been terminated. This is a significant loss just as we were turning around the country.

Does anyone else have any information on this tragedy!

[BrklynLiberal]

1. That is VERY sad.

I would like to believe this was not vengeance on the part of Rahm Emanuel...

[Hissyspit]

2. Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7834203

[kaygore]

17. Thank you for the link!

[BrklynLiberal]

3. This does not bode well for 2010.

[madfloridian]

4. I posted about it last night.

It's very sad.

It does not need to be done, so it is being done with a purpose.

I posted one letter here.

[kaygore]

9. I apologize. I didn't see your post and just received word here

in Virginia and was devastated.

[madfloridian]

13. That's okay it was in GDP, and just rumor at the time.

I just posted the letter tonight in GDP

It is very sad what they are doing.

The DNC took in 50 million in Sept. I think. Not sure about Oct yet. It did not have to happen.

There are millions around to pay those staffers for the permanent campaign.

[madfloridian]

5. Someone needs to post it at other blogs. Most are still not believing it.

:shrug:

[bluestateguy]

6. Post-election layoffs are common

The party will be taking in mucxh less money for the next few months. This is standard every 2 years and does not signal an abandonment of the 50 state strategy.

[napi21]

7. I don't mean to sound calous, but the election is over. Wouldn't you

expect that all paid organizers would be terminated? They did a terrific job, but it's done now.

PLEASE, PLEASE PEOPLE, don't start talking about another campaign already! I for one am all campaigned out!

Midterms can easily begin in Jan 2010 and STILL be too damn long, but by then, I sould be able to think about it again. NOT NOW!

[Zhade]

12. Thank goodness this was the last election we ever wanted to win!

Oh, wait...

[kaygore]

14. The DNC organizers have been in place since 2006

just after the election. Having them in place for the 2010 elections would provide critical continuity and continue the momentum. I can see no better way for the DNC to spend its money than continuing the state organizers through the 2010 elections. The next two years would be spent establishing the structure for the organizing to continue without them or for the state parties to assume their expenses.

These past two years have been high pressure for the state organizers to just get things rolling in many cases. To stop the program now is insane! They have begun to lay the ground work. They need the next two years to solidify their work.

This is not about a single election but about rebuilding the Democratic Party across the nation and keeping those volunteers who became active for this past campaign involved.

The work has just begun. Terminating the DNC organizers is not a good or healthy sign for our Party!

[madfloridian]

21. They were in place starting in early 2005 when Dean took office.

[Pirate Smile]

8. Let's see what happens. If anyone knows the importance of organizers, it is

Barack.

I don't feel any need to assume the worst. I just don't believe Obama is all of a sudden going to just abandon all the state parties when he needs them to be strong and effective for the congressional elections in 2010 and his reelection campaign in 2012.

The guy is too smart to go off and do something really stupid to the party.

Call me crazy but I have a feeling there is a plan and strategy focusing on the long term which we just don't know about yet.

[upi402]

11. Yeah, it makes sense now that it's over. Nothing says they'll not be hired as...

something else, or in the future - like on the next election or something. I sure hope it's not a DLC poison pill.

[TransitJohn]

10. Isn't a sitting POTUS

always treated as de facto chair of his Party?

[madfloridian]

15. The goal of the 50 state plan was to keep a few permanent

staffers in the states for a permanent campaign. The GOP used to do it, and it is based on their model.

Dean is gone, so is his dream.

[kaygore]

16. Why can't Dean continue as the haed of the DNC?

[madfloridian]

19. I guess he could, but that's Obama's decision now.

There has been no mention of Dean's name since the election. That is unusual in itself. He thanked a lot of people but not him.

Dean has said he probably would not want a second term, but the other day he said it depended on Obama.

No telling what he will do, but I doubt he will have any problem.

It is just strange the silence about him since the election. People are noticing.

[LASteve]

18. This is separate from Obama's national grassroots organization's leadership?

Someone told me last night they were told in Las Vegas while GOTV that the Obama grassroots org (best organized grassroots polical org she has ever seen and been involved in elections since late 60s) let everyone know they would be continuing in order to hold Obama's feet to the fire on the issues - in a positive way, that is. This happened in a way back in '04, when the local Kerry grassroots orgs banded together after the election to form a continuing organization.

[madfloridian]

20. The DNC is the official party committee.

They could at least recognize the work Dean has done.

[jules1962]

22. Could there not be a liability issue?

Hypothetically speaking.What if someone, that was still a paid organizer, did something or said something that could still be damaging to the party? The connection could be drawn between that person or persons to the party.I know that we have wonderful organizers but you have to remember that people are prone to make mistakes. Some of them could be harmful to the party. Now while the organizers could be still informed of things happening in the political world,to have them stay on as paid organizers at this time could be a problem. I do not proclaim to know why this happened,I just wonder if this could be part of it.