Are Dean's Days Numbered as the DNC Chairman?

Below is the list of Senate Republicans who sold the Republican Party out with their “agreement” with the Democrats on the filibuster of Conservative Judicial Nominees:

Republicans:Lincoln Chafee (Rhode Island)
Susan Collins (Maine)
Mike DeWine (Ohio)
Lindsey Graham (South Carolina)
John McCain (Arizona)
John Warner (Virginia)
Olympia Snowe (Maine

Now... for today's posting:

Are Dean’s Days Numbered as DNC Chairman?

How much longer will Howard Dean remain as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee? Depends. On how much more money the Democrats can afford to lose. Or to put it another way… how long can they afford the huge drop in donations since Dean took office.

The old-line Democrats knew, instinctively, that Dean was a terrible choice for the post. They acquiesced to the young, loudly liberal, and even more loudly “socialist” wing of the party… and it has cost them... dearly. Not just in money but also in prestige, in party loyalty, and most importantly…in respect. They have become the butt of more jokes than they care to think about. To an outsider, looking in, it appears the inmates have truly taken over the insane asylum.

The Democrat Party seems rudderless. Floundering about in stormy seas and headed for the rocks. There is no direction, no destination, and no Captain of the ship. It is a mess! The former majority party has now become the minority party in the US and declining swiftly. Their role in the national legislative body, Congress, has become that of “obstructionists”. They have no plans to counter Republican plans…on anything. They can only hope to create as much disorder, as is necessary, to make the Republican mission as difficult as possible. But they can only continue this role for a short time. That time has nearly run out. The American voter has about had all they want of this exercise in futility by Congressional Democrats.

Where are their thinkers? Where are their leaders? Where have their great intellects gone? Could it be they no longer wish to be associated with a party, which has slipped so far to the left, they are now referred to as the American Socialist/Democrat party? Could that be it?

As a Republican, I like winning… and I like to see my opponent in distress. But I do not like to see my opponent humiliated. Especially when the source of that humiliation is coming from the ranks of their own party!

It’s fun to win a contest. But it’s more fun to win a contest against a worthy opponent. Lately, it has been no fun winning against the Democratic Party. It smacks of a professional athletic team in contest with a collegiate team. There’s no contest.

There are three reasons, as I see it, for the Democrat Party’s current distress: Kennedy, Kerry, and Gore. Oh, there are other contributors, I’m sure, but these three share the most blame. Their leadership led the party off the cliff. Their continued insistence on the even more leftward motion of the party only serves to burn bridges the party can ill afford to burn. Too many avenues to regeneration have been destroyed already.

Rumor has it the real brains of the Democratic Party are mounting an effort to “dump Dean” and try to resuscitate the party. They haven’t a moment to lose! With another election approaching next year, they are looking at even more losses in the US Senate and the US House. Losses they can no longer afford.

Frankly a few years ago, I thought the Republican Party would be the party to split into two distinct political parties with the right wing pulling out to create the Conservative Party. Now, it appears it will be the Democrat Party which will split with the moderate Democrats pulling out and leaving the crowd, in charge now, as the “Socialist/Democrat Party”, headed by the triumvirate of Kennedy, Kerry, and Gore.

It is sad to watch an American Institution devour itself. Truly sad.

Your Obedient Servant,

“Longstreet”