DEAN WANTS TO CLEAN: WANTS MCAULIFFE OUT AT DNC, SAY SOURCES

[MattNC]

http://www.drudgereport.com/dean.htm

[KC21304]

1. I'm with him on this.

Go for it.

[MattNC]

2. lock

Didn't realize there was already a thread going on this topic. Please lock.

[shirlden]

3. I do believe

Dean will not get an argument from most of the DU members. It is time for Terry to go !! He is a proven loser.


:thumbsdown:

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Yeap

time for Terry and the DLC to smell the coffee and vow out!

[ThorsteinVeblen]

5. Burn Baby Burn

Burn it all down. That is the ONLY way we will win in 2004.

[annagull]

6. I am so over McAuliffe, we need some new blood

He should have stepped down after the 2002 elections anyway.

[Cascadian]

7. I am glad Dean is out there.

He is just telling it like it is. He is acknowleding the fact that the Democrats need to be stronger. That's all!

John

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

8. We all want McAuliffe out...

his hands are too dirty. Instead of leading, he spent all his time raising money. He's a loser.

[wtmusic]

9. I agree but

Do we have to start throwing mud with "unnamed sources"?

It's so un-Deanlike...

[tjdee]

10. Well, this IS Drudge.

I'm taking this with a HUGE grain of salt.
For all we know Drudge is trying to stir up infighting.

[Eloriel]

12. I agree, esp

with that "after NH" remark. Whew! This is going to be difficult, I think.

Eloriel

[Eloriel]

11. But you don't know that was Dean's doing - n/t

.

[IndianaGreen]

13. What do you expect from The Drudge Report?

I wanted the late Maynard Jackson for DNC Chair, and now he is gone forever!

Although many of us would like someone that is not tainted by the Global Crossing scandal as McAuliffe has been, I find Drudge to be far less than reliable as to a source on Dean's views. Drudge is a Karl Rove whore, so we must take whatever he says with a grain of salt.

As to McAuliffe's future, it is a fact of political life that the Presidential nominee gets to pick the DNC Chair. We have no nominee, and won't have until next year, so anything we may hear on this topic is nothing but speculation.

I personally think that Gore should have picked someone other than McAuliffe to head the DNC, but that was the choice he made, a choice as inprudent as his selection of Lieberman for running mate.

C'est la guerre!

[DemPopulist]

20. Gore didn't pick McAuliffe

Clinton did, after the 2000 election, if I remember correctly. I don't feel like googling, but I'm sure you could find it.

[gottaB]

37. nonfreepy links

Clinton picks Mcauliffe
Just Another Money Party
King Midas
Deal Making

[jeanmarc]

14. I agree, get rid of McAuliffe.

About the only thing he does successfully is buy furniture for his house.

[quilp]

15. Somebody trying to sow dissention among Dems?

Drudge Report? Yeah Riiight!

[mhr]

16. If This Also Means a Break

from the DLCers, then Dean has sparked some interest. The DLC must go!

Too Timid!

[VolcanoJen]

17. Typical Drudge Sunday Night Speculation

This story will likely disappear by tomorrow.

It may very well be true, but chances are Drudge overheard it from a low-level staffer at a bar somewhere. I seriously doubt Dean would want this to be well-known.

Just something for Drudgie to yap about on his yawnfest radio show tonight...

[Robin Hood]

18. It's time for something.

I'm open to anything. Hell, after the last election, everyone's throats should have been slashed.

[Pepperbelly]

19. how ungrateful and naive we can sometimes be ...

Terry did something that I cannot ever remember being done before, specifically, he got the DNC completely out of debt and on afiscally prudent footing. He reorganized a lot of the work done by the DNC, streamlined the organization, computerized what needed to be computerized and generally helped bring the organization to the forefront of political organizations in the 21st century.

So he didn't throw enough tantrums to suit some of us. Whooper shit. He did things that have needed doing for a long, long time and for that, I am grateful.

[Ellen Forradalom]

25. Wasn't there some talk about splitting the job..?

One person taking on leadership functions and another fundraising and operations functions?

I'm not of the Terry-sucks view; Terry raised a lot of money and cleaned up the joint. What we need is another person who can be the public face of the DNC.

[rhite5]

26. thanks for that information, Pepperbelly ...

Frankly, when I watched the DNC delegates push Jackson aside and virtually choose McAuliffe by acclaimation (Jan. 2001), I thought I was watching a coup. Everyone was swooning over Terry. I knew at the time he was the choice of the DLC and it scared me.

But it looks like Terry's strengths and his contributions may have been the thing that was needed most at the time. (maybe)

[w4rma]

32. I like McAuliffe, also, and I would disagree with Dean on this if true

IMHO, Dean will need McAuliffe's experience with political insiders if he wins the nomination (which I hope very much that he does).

[TheDonkey]

21. *sigh*

Dr. Dean is my #1 pick for a nomination but he's got to stop attacking everyone.

He needs to start mending fences in the democratic party (DNC & DLC) so we can all work together to crush Bush. Working against each other will only split an already shrinking political party.

[Eloriel]

28. WHOA!!!

PLEASE don't assume this is what happened. Haven't you known Drudge to be wrong before -- flat-assed WRONG?

Don't be so damn quick to believe what the whorest of the whore have to say about Dean before confirmation from a more reliable source, 'kay?

Eloriel

[dmkinsey]

22. CBS News said

that Dean appeals to "angry Dems". I say if you're a Dem you oughta be angry and the #1 person to be angry AT ( ok #2 person) is Terry McAuliff. He presided over the 2002 disaster and now he tells us not to go to the left. He's an idiot.

[Pepperbelly]

24. see my post above ...

it is not that black and white. To paint it that way is mere hyperbole.

[Capn Sunshine]

23. THAT'S A source? Drudge?

LOL
:nuke:

[RevolutionStartsNow]

27. It's Drudge...

So as others have said, take it with a grain.

But how COOL is it to have all those millions of Drudge-addicts click the site and see a big picture of Dean and Dean posters?? Damn that's cool!

[dragonlady]

29. Dean blogsite refutes this story

n/t

[w4rma]

31. Trippi: "this report is like a National Enquirer headline proclaiming..."

Anyone who knows anything about how the DNC works -- knows that there is no way any of the candidates for president could have any impact on the DNC chairmanship -- least of all the Dean Campaign. Particularly in the days following the New Hampshire primary regardless of the result. No one from the Dean Campaign leaked anything to Drudge -- this report is like a National Enquirer headline proclaiming "Martians surprised that George Bush is our leader"

Now back to the process of encouraging Americans to participate in their democracy.... Keep the focus on how each of us can encourage one more friend, co-worker, or family member to join the Dean Campaign this week.

Ask them to visit our website or this blog and sign-up.

Joe Trippi
campaign manager
Dean for America
http://blog.deanforamerica.com/archives/000630.html

[Dogma]

34. dean2004.blogspot.com isn't the Dean blog

Dean's blog is at blog.deanforamerica.com. Joe Trippi says
Anyone who knows anything about how the DNC works -- knows that there is no way any of the candidates for president could have any impact on the DNC chairmanship -- least of all the Dean Campaign. Particularly in the days following the New Hampshire primary regardless of the result. No one from the Dean Campaign leaked anything to Drudge -- this report is like a National Enquirer headline proclaiming "Martians surprised that George Bush is our leader"

Talking Points Memo asks good questions.

If you donated to the Republican party lately, Drudge thanks you for his paycheck.

[Rose Siding]

35. Here, on Dean for America's blog

http://blog.deanforamerica.com/

[DrGonzoLives]

30. Drudge is not a legitimate source

Chances are equally good that he's made this up to throw dirt on Democratic candidates and split the party even futher...and, given the nature of this website, it will probably work pretty well.

[grasswire]

33. It's Sunday night

....and on Sunday nights Drudge always throws out something highly inflammatory to hype his radio show.

That's all.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

36. Bad Drudge Stories

The Sunday-night lies tend to die pretty quickly. However, this is still more press for Dean. His name is out there everywhere. Dean Dean Dean. This should at least help with name recognition.

Drudge & Doonesbury in the same week, he's becoming a household name!