by Jerome Armstrong

Or, I could label this, "How the DNC Chair is bought." And not only bought, but made secure in such a way that Iowa remains as the fist in the nation caucus in 2008. See, that's a big priority for someone with $50M left over in campaign funds; someone who mostly secured the Democratic nomination in Iowa; someone who wants a second chance at being President. Yep, that someone is John Kerry.

$45 million (minus whatever the DNC gets paid out), will be the lead that we gave John Kerry toward 2008. The money leftover from the campaign was to be used for a recount and transition. But given that Kerry lost by over 3 million votes, there's no real need to bother with that fight-- though I'm glad we are at least getting some questions.

I don't want to come off as a critic of his 2004 performance, but let's just all agree-- John Kerry underperformed. And in terms of understanding how to use the netroots, his campaign failed. Maybe we can blame our way out of the loss by castigating the fetus-lovers and gay-haters voting block for Bush, but don't deny this-- we got our collective asses kicked by a failed trifecta majority in 2004, and John Kerry was who we followed in that historical defeat. 2004 felt like 2000 and 1994 combined.

Anyway, when you see someone writeoff Kerry's chances for 2008, scoff at them. It's palatable among the Dems in DC. Kerry's already got Iowa's Gov Tom Vilsack ready and willing to be bolt his incumbancy to be placed at the chair of the DNC, with one mission in mind-- preserving the Iowa caucuses. Such vision!

I want a DNC chair who's first interest is rebuilding the Democratic Party throughout the nation.