“The Democratic Party died yesterday after a long, painful lack of direction,” proclaims the New York Daily News. “Dr. Dean or Kevorkian?” asks The Wilmington Star. “Invasion of the Body Snatcher,” writes a democrat in the Wall Street Journal.
Editorials nationwide are writing off the Democrat’s choice of Howard Dean as the next party chair, saying it’s a step in the wrong direction for a party still reeling from a big loss and scrambling to make in-roads with people in the South and Midwest.
But others in the party — and not just the Deaniacs — are celebrating. They say he actually has what it takes to energize the party by bringing in new blood, new cash, and a new adversarial style. Dr. Dean performs open heart surgery on the Democratic Party.
Guests:
Matt Bai, contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine
Dan Schnur, Republican consultant
Paul Berendt, chairman of the Washington State Democratic Party.