A Gift to the GOP
Charles Johnson
Wed Feb 2, 2005 at 2:56 pm PST • Views: 172
What can I say? The man who blew up in the midst of the presidential campaign with the most bizarre, histrionic political performance ever recorded, and who said, “I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for,” will be the leader of the Democratic National Committee: Dean Emerging as Likely Chief for Democrats.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 - Howard Dean emerged Tuesday as the almost assured new leader of the Democratic National Committee, as one of his main rivals quit the race and Democrats streamed to announce their support of a man whose presidential campaign collapsed one year ago.
Dr. Dean’s dominance was secured after Martin Frost, a former representative from Texas, whom many Democrats viewed as the institutional counterpart to Dr. Dean, dropped out after failing - in what had become an increasingly long-shot effort - to win support from national labor unions. The A.F.L.-C.I.O. announced instead that it would remain neutral, freeing its affiliate members to do what they wanted, which proved in many cases to be boarding the Dean train.
“It’s a fait accompli, it’s over: Dean’s going to be it,” said Gerald McEntee, head of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, who runs the umbrella political organization for all the unions in the A.F.L.-C.I.O.
Frank says: