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brooklynite

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6. People keep bringing up Howard Dean because...

Reply to JohnSJ (Original post)

Tue Nov 2, 2021, 09:48 PM

Nov 2021

...they like his speeches, and they know he had something called a "50-State strategy" which they can't actually define.

The DNC Chair is NOT the voice of Party. The DNC Chair raises money and works with State Parties to develop local infrastructure. Neither of those planks would have changed the outcome of the Virginia races.

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I don't think Jamie Harrison is up to the job. We need someone like Howard Dean who is proactive, [View all] JohnSJ Nov 2021 OP

And, As He's In Charge Me. Nov 2021 #1

Can't argue with this USAFRetired_Liberal Nov 2021 #2

He seems nice enough but Stacy A. might have been better. Peregrine Took Nov 2021 #3

Howard Dean brought messaging skills and issue clarity that most party chairs lack bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #4

Agree. (n/t) SMC22307 Nov 2021 #5

People keep bringing up Howard Dean because... brooklynite Nov 2021 #6

Dean, McCaulfe, Perez, Wasserman Schultz, etc. were out there on various news shows, pushing JohnSJ Nov 2021 #8

but he was a loud VOICE at the time, appreciated by many Dems, elleng Nov 2021 #9

But that's not what we needed in Virginia. brooklynite Nov 2021 #11

How do you know that's not what we needed in Virginia? n/t Mysterian Nov 2021 #12

Howard Dean lucked out and had George Bush's Republican Party to run against. Drunken Irishman Nov 2021 #7

I think in this toxic environment unless there's someone like Michael avenatti Tribetime Nov 2021 #10

Howard Dean had a real knack for plain speaking Deminpenn Nov 2021 #13

At least he made an appearance. JohnSJ Nov 2021 #15

He is awful! Only got the job because Clyburn demanded it helpisontheway Nov 2021 #14

Part of the price Biden had to pay for Clyburn's support Deminpenn Nov 2021 #17

yes, his Senate campaign should have set off major warning signs. He took one outlier poll, weeks Celerity Nov 2021 #19

Yep. Hard-charging, in-your-face leaders are needed to motivate the troops and confront the enemy. dalton99a Nov 2021 #16

maybe it is time for some of those marinated in comity, bipartisanship and traditions of Congress.. Grasswire2 Nov 2021 #18