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  Dean v. Carville--The Dem Smackdown James Carville, the CNN talking head and erstwhile Clinton campaign advisor, made this curious comment about DNC Chair Howard Dean on the night the stunning Democratic sweep to power in both the House and Senate this November: "leadership that was Rumsfeldian in its incompetence". Come again James? On the surface, Carville (the husband of Republican strategist Mary Matlin) is attacking Dean for his strategy of building up the party in all 50 states as opposed to pumping all available resources into contested congressional races. John Dickerson wrote an article in Slate attempting to dissect the merits of each side of the argument. Link. IMHO, Mr. Dickerson and the MSM are missing the boat in this squabble. This has nothing to do with campaign tactics and everything to do with the soul of the Democratic party: i.e., the centrists (the Clintons, Carville, Rahm Emanuel, et alia) v. the progressives (Dean, Obama, Feingold, et alia). Carville and his people see their power / influence waning and Jimmy the mouth is whining about it. This is an important story and I, for one, wish the MSM would cover it. 11/24/2006. Add Comment Permalink
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