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In reply to the discussion: Instead of tearing down Hillary Clinton... [View all]DURHAM D
(32,633 posts)the President can decide to remove/change the head of the DNC.
Further, you may recall that when Obama won the primary the DNC was basically moved to Chicago. Several long time staffers were let go and others were allowed to move to Chicago to work for the campaign. It morphed into Obama for America and then they that kept going as Organizing for America (draining funds from the party) and so the DNC has never recovered. OFA is now non-partisan and is probably still draining funds.
However, a big part of the problem is PAC funding vs. party funding and the increased strength of the DCCC and DSCC . iows - the DNC just doesn't matter as much as it once did.
The President apparently doesn't care about party development. The biggest loss is recruitment of young people to start at the bottom of elective office world and work up. The Democrats just don't have a bench at the national level or even a feeder corp at the state and county level and I have no idea how that is going to change any time soon.