Reply #42: I think there's something special going on with Dean. I think the Dem Party is unhappy w/him.

[Honeycombe8]

More specifically, I remember reading about some squabble a while back between Dean and Rahm Emmanuel. With Emmanuel being Chief of Staff, Dean goes back to Vermont, is my guess.

There was a squabble a while back about whose idea it was to have a 50-state strategy. I clearly recall that it was Dean's. He talked about it during his campaign for President, I believe. Later, he implemented this when he became Chairman of the DNC. When it was successful in 2006, I saw Emmanuel on TV, with Pelosi and other Dems praising Emmanuel for his 50-state strategy that had been successful.

Politics is cruel, I guess. I can't believe they'd brush Dean aside after he is, more than any other single Dem., responsible for the winning strategy that has resulted in Dems owning the WH and Congress. And I say this NOT as a fan of Dean's. I wasn't, and I am not. But it's clear how valuable he has been. But he is no longer needed, I guess. Emmanuel in, Dean out.