If you supported Dean for DNC chair, who do you back now that he's withdrawn from the race?

[Ken Burch]

n/t.

[FarPoint]

1. None of the above.

Howard Dean was our best choice.

[FreakinDJ]

10. Althou a proven winner he has turned into a Lobbiest

what ever you wish to call it, "Cashing In" or a Victory Lap once they go the dark side they need to stay there

[hrmjustin]

2. I wouldn't mind Jennifer Granholm running.

[Ken Burch]

4. Ok. But to clarify, I was asking this specifically of people who had been supporting Dean

And Dean had largely been the "Stop Ellison" candidate.

[think]

5. Sorry. My mistake. I'll delete.

[Ken Burch]

6. Thanks. And I'm sorry if I worded the OP in such a way as to cause confusion.

n/t.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. No, that's not the reason to support dean

It's because he is a proven candidate in this role and would do it full time

[DFW]

7. If it's not Howard, I'm willing to wait it out

From my communications with him (and he was not completely forthcoming), I suspected that Judy and the family would be tugging at him not to do this again. Judy was a half-widow from 2004 thru 2008 when Howard was DNC chair, and he had already told me in 2009 that he was too old to be running for national office again, and that younger blood was needed.

I think O'Malley would be OK, and Ellison, probably as well IF he can get beyond a few of his "gotcha" statements that will be tossed against him ad nauseam, and if he resigns his seat in the House (which I would hate to see).

[nycbos]

8. I like Jaime Harrison or Ray Buckley.

As state party chairs they will know what the party needs to implement a 50 state strategy.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. Tom Perez if he is in

[seaglass]

12. Don't know but I'm surprised Ellison is considering resigning his House seat. n/t

[Gothmog]

13. Anyone but Ellison

[aidbo]

14. More lobbyists!

Harrison has defended his decision to become a lobbyist after serving as Rep. Clyburn’s director of floor operations, stating that he puts the large paychecks to good use.

“It’s how I pay back the $160,000 of student loan debt,” Harrison has said. “It’s how I pay the mortgage for my grandmother.”

Harrison’s firm was founded by Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta and his brother Tony Podesta, who currently serves as chairman of the firm.

Harrison had a diverse set of clients at the Podesta Group, including banks such as Bank of America and Wells Fargo, financial giants Berkshire Hathaway and Avenue Capital Management, big pharmaceutical companies Merck and Amylin, and casinos such as Caesars and Harrah’s.

http://freebeacon.com/politics/dnc-chair-hopeful-spent-past-eight-years-podesta-group-lobbyist/

[DemonGoddess]

15. Jennifer Granholm