In Denver, Howard Dean drops out, others campaign to lead DNC

Reeling from a disastrous election, national Democratic Party insiders gathered in Denver on Friday to begin picking up the pieces of a coalition that appears badly broken.

African American turnout was down, blue collar workers overwhelmingly ditched the party in favor of Republicans, and even as Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by more than 2.3 million votes, Democrats got whacked up and down the ballot in battleground states.

But one who was considered a front-runner, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, on Friday withdrew his name from the hat:

“I am not going to be a candidate for the Democratic National Committee chairmanship,” he said in a video message.