| With Howard Dean set the leave the DNC after a successful four-year term in January, the next Chair will have an important decision to make: whether to continue the "Fifty State Strategy" that Dean put in place beginning in 2005. Firedoglake is reporting that many of the DNC state organizers -- of which Texas has three, according to the TDP website -- will be let go at the end of the month. For those of us who have advocated for the 50-state strategy, this is not good news. My hope is that the next DNC Chair believes that Democrats should compete in every community in America. The next chair will presumably be hand-picked by Obama and, while I haven't heard many names thrown around yet, I think Obama would be wise to consider David Plouffe, his campaign manager. Plouffe seems to understand the importance of expanding the map for Democrats. He would make a great chairman. Of course, as Firedoglake points out, the new Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is a long time opponent of the Fifty State Strategy. What effect, if any, he will have on the DNC remains to be seen. Who do you want to be the next DNC Chair? Update: According to Marc Ambinder, David Plouffe has said he is not under consideration for DNC Chair. |
