Mean Dean...

It appears Howard Dean is on track to be named the new chair of the Democratic National Commitee. I'm not sure how I feel about this as a Democrat. On one hand, I'm very nervous that as a political move, the appearance of the Democrats naming an anti-war candidate to head it's national party commitee could be seen as the party being weak on national defense. On the other hand, I'm ecstatic that we finally have someone who'll oraganize this mess of a party and rally the base every couple of years during fundraising. This is the man who practically invented internet fund raising with his primary campaign. Another thing he has going for him is that he's a bulldog who's ready to really fight to get democratic candidates back in a position to succeed nationally. In the end, I think this will turn out to be a strong move for the Democrats. Initially we'll hear a lot of things from the right wing media about how this proves the Democrats are again putting a left wing liberal from the east coast in charge of the party, but once that talk subsides I believe it'll be great to have a fiscal conservative in charge of party fund raising. After all, this isn't the guy who'll be fighting battles over issues with the Republicans, he's only in charge of trying to build a stronger, more unified party which the Democrats desperately need. He's most likely the best man for that job.

Here's a link to his column on "Democracy For America" and it outlines where he sees the party headed:
http://www.democracyforamerica.com/