Obama's biggest mistake is allowing Tim Kaine to stay at the DNC

[LeftyAndProud60]

It amazes me that he still has a job. I thought he would be gone after Scott Brown.

[stray cat]

1. if that is his biggest he is really doing well!

[emulatorloo]

2. No kidding!

[rucky]

6. That makes him 0 for 1 in the Senate.

We did fare better in House special elections, though. Lost a seat, gained a seat & held six.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_elections_to_the_111th_United_States_Congress

[napi21]

3. Tim is doing a fine job. He's not Howard Dean, but really

there is only ONE Howard!

[muffin1]

31. Tim Kaine is a bigot.

He opposes same-sex marriage and even civil unions. He should have never had the position.

[ProSense]

4. "I thought he would be gone after Scott Brown. "

You mean the election where some people thought they would teach the Democrats a lesson, some even voting for Brown?

[jefferson_dem]

5. Please try harder.

You can do better than this.

[Phx_Dem]

7. I think Kaine is doing just fine. n/t

[AtomicKitten]

34. me too

:fistbump:

[Hawkowl]

36. Yeah! Failure is cool!

If he was doing "fine", we would be talking about how many seats the Dems were going to pick up-not how many they are going to lose.

It is low expectations like yours, that doom the democrats to mediocrity at best.

[mitchtv]

8. there are plenty who need to go also

One heck of a job Timmeh

[Bitwit1234]

9. This guy is a dope. They should never have let Dean go.

[Jennicut]

10. Not really fond of Kaine but Dean decided to go, all by himself.

[Bodhi BloodWave]

11. sssshh, we are not supposed to mention that fact, it gets in the way of complaining :) n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

26. well, truth be told, the heat he was getting

from axelrod, Rahm, and other brain rusts in the incoming admin helped him decide. After all, they were screwing with him even before November, attacking him at every opportunity.

Dean left because he did not want a major fight with the new admin. He did the honorable thing, something I cannot say about Rahm or Axelrod.

[Arkana]

28. I'd like to see proof of this, please. As in specific articles where Dean talks

about being pressured out of a job rather than choosing to leave voluntarily because he didn't want to be a figurehead.

[craigmatic]

12. Out of the 3 most recent DNC chairs I don't know what skill Kaine brings to the

table. I mean MCAuliff(SP?)was famous for raising money. Dean had the 50 state strategy. Kaine has lost races and re-designed the party logo. That's just sad.

[mitchtv]

14. he brings his reputation as a Homphobe

as his record as Gov of VA clearly shows

[Kdillard]

13. Sigh.

[BootinUp]

15. This is such a helpful post

Not.

[Hippo_Tron]

16. Sorry for the obligatory civics lesson, but...

The DNC Chair is a powerless figurehead whose only job is raise money when the party controls the White House.

[Recovered Repug]

17. Well, Rahm's not around any longer to blame.

Got to blame someone.

[treestar]

18. Who decides who has that job?

What if the President is Republican? Then who decides?

[Hippo_Tron]

20. The DNC members technically select the Chairman

But when the President is a Democrat, they always vote for whomever the President recommends. When there is a Republican President there is a competitive election process.

Also, when the President is a Democrat the DNC Chair is a powerless figurehead. The actual decision making is done by David Axelrod and other members of the White House political team.

[babylonsister]

19. Yawn. nt

[denimgirly]

21. We all agree, Kaine sux! Sadly, at least for the last 2 years, he fit the desired theme..so...

in that regard, he was the perfect choice.
I doubt you will ever get someone as strong as Dean to replace Kaine since it is clear that Dean goes against the establishment and that is not good for business.

[vaberella]

22. Obama can choose the head of the DNC?! n/t

[jillan]

23. I kinda liked it when Kaine compared the Chamber of Commerce to Watergate.

That was good...he showed that he just might have some cajones after all.

[scheming daemons]

24. LeftyAndProud....and NeedingCivicsLesson

The President doesn't "select" the DNC chair, and he is only one vote out of many in deciding who fills that role.

[Hippo_Tron]

25. Actually, he does...

When the party doesn't control the White House there is a competitive election process for the job and the DNC members vote to decide who gets it. When the party controls the White House, the committee members always vote for whomever the President recommends for the job. The role of the chair is also severely diminished because strategy decisions are made by White House political advisors rather than the DNC.

[dionysus]

33. !!!

:spray:

[Arkana]

27. If you're going to blame Tim Kaine for Scott Brown

rather than the person who DESERVES the blame (i.e. Martha Coakley and her braindead campaign advisors) then I don't know what to tell you.

[geek tragedy]

29. Is this the 151st version of "Obama's biggest mistake?" nt

[musiclawyer]

30. NO

POTUS biggest mistake was 1) picking Summers et al. whcih resulted in a no strings attached bailout. If the bailout has strings attached, there probably is no astroturf tea party in the picture at all this year; 2) picking Rahm which resulted in the health care fiasco. If health care had become bill it had the potential to be, we have much greater, ummmm "enthusiasm." Tim Kaine is way down the list of mistakes IMHO

[dionysus]

32. bless your little heart for trying so very hard.

[frazzled]

35. So if the Republicans win big, it's because Michael Steele is RNC chair?

Examine your logic. It could use some retuning.