Washington Prowler
Kerry Nation
Democratic leftward drift favors the Massachusetts senator. But where does that leave Terry McAuliffe?
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Nita Lowey
were a disaster, the minority party
seems dedicated to pushing itself further and further to the
left.
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Instead of seeking a respected moderate to recruit candidates who might be palatable to the middle of the road undecided voter, the Democratic caucus is going to choose between Massachusetts Rep. Ed Markey and Louisiana Rep. Bill Jefferson to run the DCCC next go round.
Both are vocal lefties on almost all issues. Jefferson, who is African-American, is seen as preferential to Markey, in part because he is a new face and it would give the Congressional Black Caucus a seat at the leadership table.
“But there is no way that either of those guys helps the party woo moderates,” says a DCCC staffer. “Lowey went after liberals who tried to play at being moderate and it failed because the voters seemed to understand they were liberals. Now it just seems we’re going to recruit more of the same.”
p> JACKSON’S HOLE br> Former Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson has quietly begun speaking to influential Democrats in Washington and elsewhere to measure whether to mount a new challenge to current Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe when the DNC’s executive board meets in February. The New York Times reported last week that Jackson, who squared off against McAuliffe for control of the DNC in 2001, had sent a letter to McAuliffe demanding a meeting of the DNC board where McAuliffe could explain the Democrats’ recent defeat.
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