Simon Rosenberg... for DNC Chair

He is one of the most insightfull Democratic leaders of our time. I've had the pleasure of seeing him on C-Span several times...and he does not back down on our Democratic party core values.He is the President of The New Democtrat Network...I think thats what we need right now. I just love the guy.

He is going to be on Air America Radio's "Unfiltered" in a little bit. take a listen and you will see what I mean.

http://www.newdem.org/leaders/rosenberg.php

a bit too centrist / DLC for my tastes. I would much prefer a Chair with a more aggressive and more "left-leaning" posture - like Dr. Dean.

Here's and interesting snippet about Rosenberg from Joe Klein.

Enter the New Democrat Network, which began life in 1996 as a political action committee—that is, a group able to raise money and donate it to candidates. It was led by a From and Joe Lieberman protege named Simon Rosenberg who, at age 40, is a generation younger than From and markedly less combative. Until this year, the ndn was regarded, accurately, as a DLC clone. But a serious rift has opened between the two groups. "There's a debate in the New Democratic world about where we are going," Rosenberg told me diplomatically. "And if it's true that the ndn and DLC are no longer 100% aligned, it's a sign of health and maturity."

Rosenberg says the rift is more style than substance. From says it's about Howard Dean. "Simon jumped on the Dean bandwagon and abandoned the New Democratic movement because he wanted to be a player," From says, making the dispute public for the first time. "Dean didn't work out and now I guess he's trying the next thing."

"I didn't support Dean's candidacy or agree with him on many issues," Rosenberg says, "but I appreciated how he did what he did. I also thought it was time for New Democrats to declare victory in the intellectual wars and make peace with the party infrastructure." In fact, Rosenberg's group continues to give financial support to New Democratic candidates in places like Oklahoma and South Dakota, where the traditional Democratic message doesn't work very well. But he has also reached out to the more adventurous liberals in the mainstream party—groups like MoveOn.org and bloggers like Daily Kos—finding common ground on new campaign technologies, if not always on substance. Rosenberg has also violated an unspoken DLC no-no by helping the Hispanic Caucus (From opposes the Democrats' ethnic fragmentation) with a series of Spanish-language political-advocacy ads. The ndn spots are totally unlike the dark, Bush-bashing ads favored by liberal groups. They are optimistic, sun-splashed and "target Latino aspirations," notes Hispanic Caucus chair Representative Bob Menendez. "The New Democrat Network really gets where we are at."

All of which has endeared Rosenberg to the Democratic establishment. "The NDN is spectacular, very cutting edge," says a party leader. "The DLC is a pain in the ass." For his part, Al From accurately points out that John Kerry has adopted New Dem positions on many issues—positions that became acceptable to liberal Democrats only after the DLC fought for them. And there is a certain sadness in seeing so creative a battler as Al From marginalized. The Democratic Party needs him. But perhaps not this year.

http://www.time.com/time/columnist/klein/article/0,9565,641110,00.html

Dean has done something that no one else has been able to do in a decade, and I appriciate what he has done, but he is known right now for his scream....thats just the way it is right now. If we want to rein in Democrats who have strayed...Dean is not the one to do it. Simon has been aggressive in pushing our progressive values, and I'm affraid Joe Klein is a little deficient in that area. He failed to articulate anything on Paula Zahn's show during the election..

No,Really...I used to support Dean I the primaries, but please explain to me how he can bring success to our party? I'm not being sarcastic..just trying to figure it out.

He is on right now...