Breaking: Gibbs may replace Kaine as DNC Chair

[Perky]

Democratic insiders are taking the temperature of some top party donors about the possibility of naming White House press secretary Robert Gibbs as chairman of the Democratic National Committee heading into President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign in 2012, senior officials tell POLITICO.

Under the scenario being tested, Tim Kaine, the current DNC chairman and former governor of Virginia, would be named to a top administration post, perhaps in the Cabinet, the officials said.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43035.html#ixzz11D5JNZlJ

[Dinger]

1. "politico," Nuff Said

Fuck that. I won't even read the damn link, a total waste of time. gibbs as DNC chair? whatever . . .

[monmouth]

3. Me neither. I will say Kaine must be doing an okay job if Politico is

hoping/praying for this. You just know they have an agenda.

[Robbins]

2. Well

Gibbs was better In helping getting Obama elected to the senate and to the White House than as Press Secretary.Kaine has been a
disaster as DNC Chair.Gibbs would be an Improvement.This suggests they know kaine has been a disaster and want someone better for
Obama's relection and possable retaking the House(If Republicans win In November and I am still of the mind Democrats lose seats but
keep the majority)

[mascarax]

4. If anyone, DNC chair should be Plouffe (of course, I prefer Howard Dean)

Although Plouffe has another role, I know.
Gibbs is not the type to get people engaged and motivated. Plouffe can and does.
I am for moving Kaine out of that position.
But get someone who isn't going to insult people like Gibbs has.

Of course, this is Politico so they're just floating something, as usual.

[krawhitham]

17. Both are useless

[displacedvermoter]

20. Can't argue with you on that!

[littlewolf]

27. Dr. Dean is the best choice IMHO

[Oceansaway]

5. Politico=Human Waste.....nt

[Clio the Leo]

6. This is from the same reporter who scooped the Kagan, Warren and Sotomayor news....

.... poo poo it if you want, but he has a track record.

[Bluenorthwest]

7. Kaine should just leave. He is an intolerant person who holds

prejudiced ideas about the voters he is supposed to lead. He should not have any position in the Party nor in the administraion.
Gibbs would be better than Kaine, and also Gibbs would be better at Chair than he is as Press Sec, but I'd have other choices and both Gibbs and Kaine can go work at the mall for all I care. They are a bad deal for the money we pay them.

[bigdarryl]

8. Are they FUCKING!!! SERIOUS

Gibbs is a joke

[PassingFair]

9. What fucking difference would THAT make?

They are both lame yes men that
would have to be bribed to tell
the truth if they were already
being paid to tell lies.

[bigwillq]

10. ....

:thumbsup:

P.S. Tell your daughter she has good taste in music. I love that Rihanna song.

[PassingFair]

11. Sorry I swore....

I didn't know you were looking.

:blush:

:hi:

[argonaut]

12. I like Gibbs, but Plouffe is the obvious choice. nt

[OHdem10]

13. Tell me "it ain't so!". Are they serious?????? They really do have

political tin ears????

[ibegurpard]

14. /facepalm

[rug]

15. That would make him a Professional Politician.

[niceypoo]

16. He can purge all the 'libruls'

[Autumn]

18. That will work

:puke: I think we need a bigger megaphone, no one is capable of hearing the one we have.

[Umbral]

19. If this is some sort of trial balloon, someone better break out the pins, now. nt

[craigmatic]

21. Why not just give the job to Dean? Gibbs is hostile to liberals.

At least Dean has proven he can perform and win.

[phleshdef]

22. Wasn't it Dean that decided he didn't want to be DNC chair anymore?

[craigmatic]

29. Actually no. Obama was the head of the party and just didn't invite him to stay on.

[phleshdef]

35. Horse shit. Dean always said he would only serve 1 term and that was before the last primary.

[TBF]

23. Because they want someone who is hostile to liberals -

in their attempt to win moderates and conservatives to the party.

:crazy:

[BluegrassDem]

24. I think it's a great idea!!

Gibbs is used to trench warfare, which is what it takes to run the DNC. I like Kaine a lot, but being at the DNC, is not a good fit. He'd be better put to use somewhere else.

[Colobo]

25. It doesn't sound like a bad idea at all, although I prefer Plouffe.

[Clio the Leo]

26. Gibbs is denying the report...

Via Twitter

@PressSec I have not had any conversations about the future – it is a great honor to have the job I have right now and I am very happy doing it 

[tomm2thumbs]

28. David Plouffe ? Maybe they got' em mixed up

[LittleBlue]

30. Robert Gibbs as DNC chair?

:spray:

Mediocrity ahoy!

[littlewolf]

31. not. going. to. happen.

[HelenWheels]

32. Kaine's a dud, we need someone else

I don't know if it's Gibbs but someone more Howard like

[RBInMaine]

34. He's actually pretty damn good when he wants to be, but we need someone with more GUSTO like Dean.

[RBInMaine]

33. Get Dean back or maybe Donnie Fowler. A good base progressive with FIRE in his guts.

[jaysunb]

38. Donnie would be an upgrade

for what we have now.....

[Moondog]

36. Groan.

Gibbs is an ineffectual ass clown. And that's on a good day. This would not be an improvement. At all.



:thumbsdown:

[cherokeeprogressive]

37. Gibbs? Um, uh, uh, um, what an uh, um, what an awesome um, uh, What a great um... Gibbs?

Say it ain't so!

[Hippo_Tron]

39. The DNC Chair is nothing more than a fundraiser when the party controls the White House

David Axelrod is the one who essentially runs the party's political operation. This would more or less be a demotion for Gibbs. I think Politico is buying into their anonymous sources a bit too much.