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This one I was wrong about
Jun. 5th, 2008 02:14 pmI claim credit for not getting carried away with Hillary hate and knowing that one way or another, she'd be on board well before Denver.
But I was dead wrong about the DNC and Dean. I thought that with Dean's poor fundraising record (in contrast to his outstanding decisions on where to spend what money there was) and with new presidential candidates usually putting their own people in, Dean's days as Chair were about over. But Obama has asked him to stay on.
That's probably good. Maybe he's only had trouble raising money because Clinton allies withheld contributions over the past two years because they and Dean (even more than the Clintons themselves and Dean) represent opposed concepts of how the party should be funded and the power structured. In which case, it should be great from here on out.
If that's not the only reason, if fundraising is a skill-based weakness of the current team, rather than a circumstantial weakness, then there needs to be some change. But the change doesn't necessarily have to be at the top. Dean's 50-state strategy is exactly what the party has needed, and still needs.
But I was dead wrong about the DNC and Dean. I thought that with Dean's poor fundraising record (in contrast to his outstanding decisions on where to spend what money there was) and with new presidential candidates usually putting their own people in, Dean's days as Chair were about over. But Obama has asked him to stay on.
That's probably good. Maybe he's only had trouble raising money because Clinton allies withheld contributions over the past two years because they and Dean (even more than the Clintons themselves and Dean) represent opposed concepts of how the party should be funded and the power structured. In which case, it should be great from here on out.
If that's not the only reason, if fundraising is a skill-based weakness of the current team, rather than a circumstantial weakness, then there needs to be some change. But the change doesn't necessarily have to be at the top. Dean's 50-state strategy is exactly what the party has needed, and still needs.
