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Posted by madfloridian in General Discussion: Presidential (Through Nov 2009)
Sat Dec 23rd 2006, 10:24 PM
It appears he is pretty careless about blame when he is angry. And he appears to lay "blame" by not denying and saying to connect the dots.

This is a very long and interesting article, and interview at GQ with Rahm by Ryan Lizza. It gives a view into party operations and tactics that are rather stunning to put it nicely.

James Carville needs to bite his tongue and get back to whatever he is doing now. His anger toward Howard Dean is unjustified, and it is seeming to not be lessening.

This is the only paragraph I will put, but it is pretty strong in its implications.

http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=c...

Flush with victory after the election, Rahm’s allies, led by Carville, try to mount a coup at the DNC by publicly attacking Dean and suggesting he be replaced by Harold Ford, a Tennessee moderate who just lost a Senate race. “You can’t go into 2008 having a party chairman that is completely disconnected from the congressional leadership and the campaign committees,” Carville tells me, further pounding the wedge that divides the Deaniacs and the Clintonites. When I ask if Rahm agrees, Carville says, “It’s not any secret that Rahm has expressed disdain for Dean and not very secret that Rahm and I are close. It doesn’t take a lot of dot-connecting here.”

What about the Clintons, who, given Hillary’s presidential ambitions, have more cause for concern about who runs the DNC in 2008? “Let’s just say nobody has called me telling me this is a bad idea. Sometimes silence is eloquence.” Not only did Carville’s coup fail but it arguably strengthened Dean, who, speaking before his state-party allies, mocked the attempt as a desperate attack from the “old Democratic Party.” Cutting his losses, Rahm quickly leaked word to the press that he and Dean had negotiated a truce.


Carville is right, sometimes silence is eloquent. I bet the Clintons don't appreciate that being said.

He still appears to be serious about replacing Dean. This is a good read, actually. Interesting. But Carville bothers me saying things like that....like he is intentionally trying to divide after a great election.

This was Dean's only response on it..from a Wyoming rally with grassroots.
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/...
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