AlterNet did this interview with Howard Dean in December. Tidbit: "What about the job as head of the DNC – how is it going? Well, that is a complicated background dance, behind the scenes with the some of same phenomenon we're talking about here – the need for change. There is enormous angst in Democratic Party, among those who are running it, whose grip is slipping and the push toward decentralization." New York magazine handicaps the race in "Chair War." They even give you odds on each candidate, if you're a gambler. The tone of the article makes me ashamed of my hometown. Only decent quotes: "[I’ve] concluded it’s faster to change the party from the inside,” he told Tim Russert. Dean has surprised DNC voters by mounting the most methodical, persistent campaign. “Howard has been workin’ it,” says one Democrat who’s been on the receiving end of pro-Dean e-mails and phone calls." Update: Jerome Armstrong on MyDD catches up with recent developments in "DNC Chair CattleCall: New Year Edition." Tempting morsel: "Under the radar, Dean's campaign has the most persisent targeting of the party activists (where the votes are) with emails and phone calls. It's a campaign, and Dean's running." Update: Ickes, Kirk Pull Out of DNC Chair Race. The Beltway (WA Post) speaks: "Field of Candidates for DNC Chairman Narrows to Four." From "The Hill": "Murtha: Give Dean DNC chair" ---The endorsement of the leading antiwar presidential candidate by one of the Democrats’ most prominent early supporters of the Iraq invasion signals a rehabilitation of Dean’s image in the House and greatly increases his prospects of leading the party, many Democratic lawmakers and aides said." MyDD adds this: "Kirk out, "Give it to Dean" says Rep. Murtha." Free sample: "This is great news for Dean, a real breakthrough has occurred. As for Pelosi, she's really dug herself into a hole on this race..."
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