Steny Hoyer Endorses Frost
By Byron LaMasters
Via Martin Frost Press Release:
WASHINGTON - House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (Md.) - the 2nd-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, chair of the DNC's Democratic Business Council, and a former Democratic leadership liaison to the Democratic National Committee - today endorsed former Congressman and former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Martin Frost to be the next DNC Chair.
"Martin Frost is one of the most successful political strategists and organizers in either Party because he is as innovative as he is pragmatic," Hoyer said. "He focuses on the bottom line - beating Republicans - and he challenges conventional wisdom and embraces new strategies to get it done. That's how he reinvented the DCCC after the debacle of 1994, leading Democrats to the historic victories that drove Newt Gingrich out of Congress. No one in this race can match his track record of successfully building and managing Democratic Party operations at all levels."
Frost and Hoyer served together in the House Democratic leadership, and worked together in the House of Representatives for more than two decades.
Frost said, "Steny Hoyer's support is so significant because he personally has seen me deliver for Democrats, and because he knows how to win without sacrificing our Party's principles."
Again, Hoyer's not a DNC member, but he certainly has some sway among the House Democratic Caucus and the Maryland delegation. Josh Marshall has some interesting thoughts on the endorsement.
Posted by Byron LaMasters at January 18, 2005 04:41 PM
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"..and because he knows how to win without sacrificing our Party's principles."
Funny, he's the one still in Congress and wasn't producing materials that lacked a Party label on them... You're right, he does know how to win without sacrificing the Party. Unlike some people.
Sorry, it was just too easy. I can't help myself!
As Democratic Party House Whip, Steny Hoyer found himself campaigning for Democratic candidates throughout the South. Hoyer certainly understands what it takes for the Democratic Party to win in Red America. For that matter, so does Martin Frost. As DCCC chairman, Frost picked up House seats for the Democratic Part in two straight campaign cycles.
