Happy New Year to everyone. Most of you know that I am a candidate for DNC chair. Let me tell you what I will do after the early February election by the DNC's 447 shareholder members. I also would like your input. First, I am definitely a candidate. It wasn't hard after going through another election to want to take my experience and ideas and make a change. Unlike many others, I have not spent two months since the election publicly weighing the risks and thinking out loud about whether I should interrupt my life.
For almost twenty years, on-the-ground in fourteen states, and across four presidential campaign cycles I have been in the field helping Democrats. Now that grassroots is fashionable, it's easy to say it's the way to go -- everyone is. But when I started as a young pup, folks told me that I should do media or policy or fundraising because there was not future in field. Well, now we know it is the future of our Party. You might even say that but I was grassroots before grassroots was cool. So, here's what the DNC needs and why I am running. I hope you will join me ...
Our national party needs to look away from DC and get itself out of its web of conventional wisdom. The DNC needs to lead by turning to strong state parties and successful elected officials. It must respect, recognize, and include those who have been most loyal to the Party and must embrace the new electorate that has arisen.
A CHANGED PHILOSOPHY
I have been traveling and in the last two days have only spent about an hour on a computer. Too bad that my blackberry does not handle the blogs well. So let me take up the challenge of all your great responses over the next few hours, so stay tuned ...
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