Frost for DNC?
By Byron LaMasters
He's making the calls. The AP reports:
Defeated Texas Congressman Martin Frost is among potential candidates for chairman of the Democratic National Committee who are telephoning members about the situation, a leading Democrat said Monday.
"The following candidates are making phone calls to DNC members -- Howard Dean, Donnie Fowler, Martin Frost and Leo Hindery," said Mark Brewer, party chairman in Michigan and president of the Association of State Democratic Chairs.
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Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb has sent videos to the state chairmen promoting his interest in the job, Brewer said. Fowler is a Democratic strategist and son of a former national chairman. Hindery is a New York businessman and former chairman of the Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network LLC, a New York-based sports cable channel that televises New York Yankees baseball games.
Frost spokeswoman Susan McAvoy said: "Martin is taking some calls and has placed some calls" but emphasized he was merely exploring possibilities.
As a Democrat who grew up in Dallas, I've always been a fan of Martin Frost. Still, I think that my first choice would be Simon Rosenberg, and while I haven't done much posting on the DNC race, I'll be sure to post more on the DNC race in the next two months.
More thoughts from Political State Report and MyDD.
Posted by Byron LaMasters at November 30, 2004 01:19 AM
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I'm a Deaniac at heart, so you know who I'm rooting for. I have to say, I like the way that Rosenberg fund-raises and I like that he is really focused on the Southwest and the Hispanic vote.
If either of the two end up as DNC chair we should be in pretty good hands, especially now that Sen. Reid has started a Democratic Communications Network. A well-organized party with a strong chair who can fund-raise and rapid response communications mean good times.
There is still a lot of hard work to be done, but I'm a lot more optimistic about the future of the Party.
Now, if only we could talk Hillary out of running in '08.
The party needs somebody at the top who will devote a lot of attention to grass roots organizing.
We have nothing to compete with the Republicans' permanently fired up national network of fundamentalist churches.
The labor unions once served this purpose. But their membership is in steady decline and their influence is now mostly local.
The party itself must do the organizing and not depend on surrogate groups. Of all the people interested in heading the DNC, Howard Dean seems to be the best at such organizing.
Well, just as long as that Yankees dude doesn't win.
Man, I hate the New York Yankees.
