Moonbat to head DNC?!
Tim Roemer, the only remaining opponent of Howard Dean (news - web sites) in the race to be chairman of the Democratic National Committee (news - web sites), said Monday he's bowing out of the race — but he offered a warning to Democrats.
Dean, the former presidential candidate and governor of Vermont, is expected to win the DNC chairmanship at the election Feb. 12.
Roemer, a former congressman from Indiana and a member of the Sept. 11 commission, said Democrats must be more inclusive in their outreach to fast-growing parts of the country.
"I got into this race five weeks ago to talk about the devastating loss we experienced in November," Roemer said in an interview. "It was not about 60,000 votes in Ohio. It was about losing 97 of the 100 fastest growing counties in the country. If that's a trend in business or politics you're in trouble."
Republicans are in the strongest position they've been in since the early 20th century, Roemer said.
Roemer, who said top Democrats in Congress encouraged him to enter the chairman's race, said he wants to strengthen Democrats' position on national security.
"If there's one reason Senator Kerry lost the presidential race, it was because he failed to make the American people feel safer," Roemer said, adding that he also wanted to encourage talk within the party about developing a stronger position on values.
Roemer said he hoped to make the party more inclusive, especially on the issue of abortion. He opposes abortion except in cases of rape, incest and the health of the mother.
His opposition to abortion rights sparked early opposition in the race from abortion choice advocates.
Aides to Dean, the only candidate standing from the original seven-man field, said he continues to make calls to DNC members to assure his choice as chairman.
Dean has said he will focus his efforts as chairman more on building the party at the local, state and national level, raising money and winning elections, while elected officials will be more responsible for policy positions.
"I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for, but I admire their discipline and their organization."
Future (we hope) DNC Chairman Howard Dean
Puuhllllleeeeze ...NOMINATE this man ...!
We are on record as acknowledging that Dean is not a born Moonbat. As governor of Vermont, he was actually fairly moderate.
Only when he saw the opportunity to hitch his wagon to the Loony Left did Dean become ... um ... loony.
This, in our estimation, makes him even worse than your garden variety red diaper doper baby Moonbat. Babs Boxer can't help her lack of smarts ... Dean can.
By all means, make this man, rather than a responsible adult, your party chairman.
We look forward to many decades in the majority.






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