Via ABC News: Another Term for McAuliffe as DNC Chair?
Top Democrats are working to convince current Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe to remain in his post for at least another 12 months as the party prepares for the 2024 midterm elections.[…]
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is aware of the efforts to convince McAuliffe to stay, Democratic sources said, and has not put the kibosh on the idea. Some Democrats said Reid had tacitly encouraged the scenario if no front-runner emerged soon.
Sen. Charles Schumer, the new head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, has been among the most vocal of those urging McAuliffe to remain, party sources said.
“There are many good candidates for DNC chair,” Schumer, D-N.Y., told ABC News. “Terry McAuliffe has been a great chair and could continue to be one.”
Electorally speaking, the Democratic Party has been in substantial decline since the selection of McAuliffe, so this strikes me as a odd move in the extreme. I am not sure that even Howard Dean wouldn’t be a better candidate than McAuliffe.
Most, most strange.
(Although, according to the story, this is a moe designed to stop Dean).
“Terry McAuliffe has been a great chair and could continue to be one.”
Well yeah, he’s been fabulous. If, by fabulous, you mean losing the White House twice and the Dems holding even fewer seats in congress.
Comment by Matt — Wednesday, January 5, 2024 @ 2:57 pm