And since he quit the DNC, all Dean has done is fight to keep things as they are.

would have been welcome right about now because we lost everything...we need someone who can recruit candidates who can win in all 50 states... Those who would recruit only super progressives would not help us win. Such candidates can not win in a number of purple states. We need a master of the numbers. Dean can win.

I believe that each of us is capable to coming to a conclusion as to whether things will get better if Dean is picked as the party chair. However, I suspect that even those who may fundamentally agree with you will appreciate such negativity. It's not like any of us are wearing signs on our backside saying "kick me".

Dean is only supported by those who don't want the party to change in any significant way.

And I'm in no mood for more bad advice from Bernie people. Dr. Dean has a proven record of electoral accomplishments. We need him now, more than ever.

to disaffected white voters...now Keith is a good guy but is Black and Muslim. So you can't have it both ways.

And never would.

It looks to me like the country has taken a right turn...you have to deal with reality. I say this as a leftist who wants to move left...but I want to win. I want to stop the GOP...this is not some philosophical argument for me.

Dean did pretty well at delivering a Democratic majority.

of state legislatures. Why are you so confident that skewing farther to the Left with Ellison will reverse this current troubling trend ?

Howard Dean is a great democrat and liberal. He is a skillful and organized person. He would be a great choice.

We are looking for a DNC chair that has proven he/she can win...someone who can devote his time..someone not in the House. I hear Tulsi is going to work for Trump. Imagine that.

DNC chairman based on Bernie. There are way more Democrats who didn't vote for Berne than who did. We do not need an idealogue who will put the same sort of candidate in Mississippi as he/ she would in New York. I want to win period end of story. Dean has a proven track record.

So why does he keep thinking he should be the one determining what the DNC does or who it should choose as it's head. Rep Ellison is a congressman duly elected by people who expected to get a full-time rep. And I for one want a full-time DNC head, not an active representative or senator who already have a job, as we've had in the past.

And that's Democratic

"Don't refight the primary" does NOT mean we can't disagree with anything the campaign did.

judgment. His speculation about Trump being a cocaine user was just insane - I most definitely don't want to see a DNC Chair ever making statements like that.

Should we choose someone like say Tulsi?

Flawed assumption after flawed assumption being promoted in a manner to sow discord.

Make a coherent argument against Dean. Don't lay out a bunch of clearly flawed assumptions.

That would be the worse. He has that baggage. He gave it to himself.

swing state establishment republican incumbent running for Senate, won against the Democrat.

There are several reason we lost, the main one was the interference of the FBI into the election process

Keith Elision is an active representative for his district in Minnesota. He will need to attend to his duties as that representative. If he is DNC chair he will also need to attend to those duties. He will also need to combat the lies and slander that have been, and are hurled against him, such as the false narrative and distraction that he is a supporter of The Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, and has involved himself directly in the Israeli/Palestinian issue, an issue which will provide a major distraction from doing his job as the DNC chairman.

The purpose of the DNC chairman is to organize and win elections. Howard Dean has a proven track record of doing that, and his 50 state strategy was a resounding success.

Howie will first try appeasement. Then we lose.

Dean has a proven track record of WINNING. Plus, he'd be able to do it full time, without the obligations of holding another office.

Not buying it.

To continue with the status quo means we haven't learned anything from this crushing defeat. What's even more incredible to me when it comes to status quo is that there are still some people here who think Hillary should run again in 2020.

Howard Dean excels at plain speaking. This is something the Dems often don't do well and badly need in their national spokesman.

I think there's plenty of room for the Howard Deans and Keith Ellisons.

. . .and this DNC chair requires a full-time effort, preferably filled by either a former legislator or a political operative.

Trying to run the DNC while still holding a legislative position on the national level is like trying to serve two masters - and ending up performing poorly on both.

If Ellison does get the DNC chair, it should only be for symbolic reasons. He already has enough on his plate as a Congressman while battling the racist pricks in the House and elsewhere.

Dean, as creator of the 50-state strategy, should play a significant role behind the scenes.