Madfloridian's Journal - Word is out via The Hill. Kaine is better than Dean was. He stays win or not.

How about them apples? This of course is a puff piece, but it is the kind that a fellow named Rahm is famous for getting out to the public. Why it is out at this time, I don't know.

It's almost amusing in its predictability. It praises the insider chairman, and it makes sure to put the "other" "outsider" chairman in an unfavorable light.

I notice the main reason given for Kaine's superiority is that he gets along so well with Congress. I am not sure that is a good way to judge anyone right now. After all, Howard Dean drove congress crazy...but we won the House, the Senate, and the White House under his chairmanship.

Top Dems have Kaine’s back even if party loses big time in November

Isn't that amazing? They did nothing but threaten Dean, but Kaine is in no matter what.

Senior Democrats in the White House and on Capitol Hill are expressing confidence in party Chairman Tim Kaine despite the possibility of huge losses in the midterm elections. In an interview with The Hill, White House senior adviser David Axelrod said the Obama administration will “absolutely” have confidence in Kaine’s leadership even if Democrats take a drubbing this fall.

..."Lawmakers and party insiders contacted by The Hill expressed unified support for Kaine’s work as chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and praised him for working to channel President Obama’s grassroots support into a tool for governing.

Then comes the real point of the article. Kaine good, Dean not good. It is really just that simplistic anymore.

Kaine’s smooth relationship with congressional leaders stands in stark contrast to that of his predecessor at the DNC, Howard Dean.

Dean famously bickered with then-Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) during his tenure, though the former Vermont governor also attracted accolades for his “50-state strategy,” which some say helped Democrats regain control of Congress in 2007.

Kaine is much more reserved than the outspoken Dean. The former Richmond mayor isn’t known for his sound bites, and unlike Dean and Steele, he is not gaffe-prone.

This coming out in a week that saw Robert Gibbs going after "the left" publicly and openly, and the PPI's Will Marshall joining him in massive attacks on the netroots.

It is as though all the work and effort and donations via the internet as well as our efforts on the ground are all forgotten.