If he had raised more money during his DNC tenure he'd get taken more seriously and have more powerful friends lobbying for him (the DNC, surprisingly, raised less money than the Republicans' committee, even as the Democrats were racking up wins), but even so, this is a curious fate for the man who presided over his party's comeback.(Photo credit: AFP).
As the Convention wound down, the Herald decided that the biggest story coming out of it was the lack of business around the Fleet Center ( "thank$ for nothing, dnc. empty eateries, empty promises").
— Eric Verlo waved an "Occupy the DNC" flag as he stood among the dozens of tents pitched around Marshall Park in uptown Charlotte on Monday in advance of the Democratic National Convention.
You don't know who broke into DNC".
Untethered from good, practical Minnesotan oversight, Bachmann is free to propound whatever messages her fillings are picking up these days – and the DNC can't even easily fundraise off them.
It's impossible to know how much cash came into the committee on the back of Bachmann's kookiness and fact-mangling – though the DNC could definitely tell us – but it must've been working, because political parties don't keep doing things that don't work.
As her profile grew, and she kept talking, the DNC kept putting up videos about her and using Democrats' appalled reactions to solicit donations.
Clinton has been quietly building a ground operation in Iowa, with a number of staff hires in Iowa including Matt Paul, a longtime aide to secretary of agriculture Tom Vilsack, to run Clinton's operation, as well as veteran Iowa operative Brenda Kole as political director and DNC deputy communications director Lily Adams.
"Their problem is they don't have a candidate".With Democrats devastated by their losses up and down the ballot last Tuesday, many see the selection process for DNC chair as a symbolic fight for the future of the party".Given that we have new leaders in Congress and a very competitive primary field on the Democratic side, the choice of the chair really matters now," said Rosenberg.
I still get suspicious when people suggest that the DNC is capable of long-term strategic thinking, but maybe, just maybe.Another major point from the poll is that John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina, does better in his head-to-head matchups than Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.
