Dean is the original who is a reformer that will cut through the crap and say original things that resonate with the base.
Simon surprises everyone by how good he is, but he sounds like Dean so why not Dean first.
Roemer strikes us as arrogant and turns us off.
Frost make most of us feel like he's been a good Democrat and got screwed, but is just too whiney for the position and not the right guy for DNC chair. Senator?
Everyone likes Webb as a speaker, but doesn't think he has anything really original to say or that he gets it.
Fowler comes off to us as not ready for prime time, a real go getter with a easy speaking style, but one that leaves you feeling like you're being conned.
Leland seems nice. Nice is not what we are looking for.
I think we are in agreement around here more often than not. Why is that? Group think? Cool Aide? Heads in the game?
That model worked so well for us.
Statements like that they seem to resent. They don't get it. We are in the minority in all three branches of government. The GOP owns the media and the courts. The don't see just how close to being out of power for the rest of my lifetime the Democratic party is.
They are concerned that common bloggers are sending out emails daring to hold them to account for their past actions and openly criticizing them. How dare we!
This is the attitude that's got to go. They may be good Democrats with good voting records, but the attitude will not work anymore. Politics has changed for good, and they can either accept that change or go the route of the dinosaurs.
For some reason they think their sincerity and strongly held beliefs are more important than the sincerity and strongly held beliefs of the grassroots. It's time for the dismissive DLC to move to the rear and give the Democratic wing of the Democratic party a chance challenge Bush on principle instead of conciliation.
