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| Dems ask McAuliffe to remain party chair |
| 2005-01-06 |
| Via Bros. Judd: Senior Democrats are trying to persuade national Chairman Terry McAuliffe to continue his service as party chairman, especially if none of the current candidates gains momentum in the race to replace him. About a half-dozen candidates are in the race and a couple of others are considering a run for the position. It will be filled in February at the Democratic National Committee's winter meetings. McAuliffe met privately Wednesday with several Democratic senators on Capitol Hill, and was asked again to consider serving for another year or two, Democrats say. McAuliffe's response was not immediately known, but he has been cool to such overtures in the past. Democratic senators reportedly at the meeting included Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and Charles Schumer of New York. "Terry McAuliffe has been a great chair and he could continue that," Schumer said Wednesday. "The bottom line is that Democrats have a lot of good candidates to lead us."... |
| Posted by:anonymous2U |
| #10 and devious. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-01-06 4:09:31 PM |
| #9 I'm tellin' you, Rove is a genius! |
| Posted by: Fred 2005-01-06 4:00:22 PM |
| #8 Sounds like they can't get anyone else to take the job. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-01-06 3:33:26 PM |
| #7 Raj - 1st thing that came to mind was a Shrum-Terry package deal....beat me to it :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-01-06 1:48:59 PM |
| #6 McAwful's 0 for 2 (insert Minnesota Vikings joke here). Make sure they hire Bob Shrum, then we pop the corks! |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-01-06 1:42:51 PM |
| #5 I'm not so sure that having Terry McAwful stay on is anything to be jubilant about: I'm not certain about this, but I suspect that much of the extreme looniness we saw from him in the '04 campaign was a put-on, calculated to egg Kerry and his idiots into doing stupid things that would lead to defeat-- thus clearing the way for Hillary in '08. I may be wrong; but if I'm right, we should start to see a much more sophisticated, canny McAuliffe emerge as Hillary builds up a head of steam. I ain't popping the cork on the champaigne yet. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2005-01-06 1:34:34 PM |
| #4 Ickes is out of the race.... Deano is getting the big Mo. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-01-06 1:15:17 PM |
| #3 I think keeping Terry is a winning strategy.... for us Republicans, that is. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2005-01-06 1:10:06 PM |
| #2 You can almost hear the GOP collectively holding its breath! Oh please, oh please! |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-01-06 1:03:07 PM |
| #1 This would be absolutely wonderful. Say Yes, Terry! Say Yes! Heh! Heh! He! He! |
| Posted by: leaddog2 2005-01-06 1:02:00 PM |