Kerry To Chop Clinton Buddy (Terry McAuliffe)

[TheWebHead]

NY Post
ONE of the first things Sen. John Kerry will do now that he has won de facto control of the party is to oust Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, say top insiders in the Kerry campaign.

McAuliffe — who was hand-picked by Bill Clinton and has remained under the influence of Sen. Hillary Clinton — wasn't helpful to the Kerry cause. In fact, he seemed to be secretly supporting the Clintons' favorite son, Gen. Wesley Clark, until Clark crashed and burned.


"The Kerry people can't stand McAuliffe. They want their own man in charge of the party, someone they can trust," one top Democrat told us yesterday.

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"Kerry deserves someone who is 100 percent loyal to him, not someone who has been subservient to the Clintons for years," a source reasons.

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http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix_u.htm

[KissMyAsscroft]

1. God I hope this is true...

McAufliffe has done dick for the party.

[cryofan]

6. t-mac has done a good job on the talk shows lately -eom

[waldenx]

2. this ought to shut up the clarkies

everyone knew he was just a puppet.

[BootinUp]

17. Yeah! I always get my RW talking points from the Post!

:think:

[Rationality]

26. Did you see where the story came from?

The New York Post.

No, the Clarkies should not shut up.

[xray s]

3. This will be an interesting test

Will Kerry put someone in who plays safe, or someone who will shake things up and tap into the tsunami that Dean was surfing.

My guess is "surfs up".

[Mick Knox]

4. Wowsers! GOOOO KERRY! nt

[MercutioATC]

5. Finally! A Kerry position I can get behind!

I hope he does it.

[LostInAnomie]

7. Why not Dean?

"Will Kerry put someone in who plays safe, or someone who will shake things up and tap into the tsunami that Dean was surfing"

Why not Dean?

[whirlygigspin]

10. $1 bet says Kerry punts

and picks a "safe" man.

...now we'll see who proofed the pudding.

[AngryYoungMan]

8. McAuliffe was responsible for Lieberman, right?

God, I hate that guy. Best news I've heard all day. I've done a complete 180 on Hillary; I'm going to have to completely hold my nose when I vote for her again.

[sandnsea]

9. I'm gonna' break my chair!!

I've been jumping up on down on it way too much these last couple of days. First we win the whole shebang. Then the firefighters statement about Bush and 9/11. Now McAuliffe being ousted. Goddamn, this is alot of excitement in two days for an old broad like me!

[whirlygigspin]

11. don't fall off your chair old girl

better strap on your seatbelt.

[audibledevil]

12. Its the NY Post

Fools

TMac is staying.

[Thrill]

13. Does this mean

Clark is not a cnadidate for VP?

[Nashyra]

14. Sounds like a load of

crap. At least the Clark part of it does. Kerry and Clark get along fine.

[sandnsea]

15. Nah, he's going

I've heard these rumblings in other places, I think he's going. I don't know when for sure, but he is.

[Khephra]

16. If Kerry does this...

I'll jump for joy! McAuliffe has been a disaster for our party.

[Khephra]

18. Actually, McAuliffe is out of there no matter what

He's publicly said that he won't serve another term. The question is this: do we get him ousted before the race or after? I'm hoping before.

[Khephra]

20. McAuliffe plans to stay as chairman through 2004, but no longer

02-26) 14:07 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

Democratic Chairman Terry McAuliffe said Thursday he plans to step down as head of the national party when his term concludes early next year.

McAuliffe said he has always planned to serve only one term and looks forward to spending more time with his family.

"I said from day one I will not do it," McAuliffe said Thursday in a phone interview from Arkansas. "I've done this for four years, I've got five little kids at home."

McAuliffe, 47, a wealthy businessman and veteran fund-raiser, is a close ally of former President Clinton and has been active in national Democratic politics for 25 years.

more...............

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/02/26/politics1503EST0704.DTL

[notbush]

19. God no!!!!!!!PLEASE DON'T GET RID OF TERRY!!!!!

He's done such a wonderful job......We have failed to regain the House, Lost the Senate, and Lost the presidency.....
He's done such a wonderful job.

[Leilani]

21. I heard this somewhere today also

& that Kerry was in a rage when T McAuliffe when he said Bush was AWOL.

So I believe it's true.

[Lindsey]

22. I have be extremely disappointed in McCaliff

and would be thrilled to see him go. I feel he has done a horrible job. He did'nt do squat during the California recall (and even thought he's Democratic National Chair, I STILL think he should have). I hope this is true.

[cryofan]

23. Tmac saying that precipitated a further slide in Bush's poll numbers

I thought that whole thing was run very well by T-mac. It was a major shifting point in Bush's slide....

[maggrwaggr]

24. God I hope that's true

If McAuliffe was a football coach he'd've been canned a LONG time ago. Think about it.

Terry LOSER McAuliffe

[aquart]

25. McAuliffe already said he was leaving. Not much of an ouster.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

27. Murdoch crap

This from the same newspaper that published headlines such as "The Axis of Weasels" during the Gulf War -not to mention from the same owner of the FAUX news network

Notice all the anti-Clinton rhetoric in the article. It's a RW talking piece -I'll wait to hear it verified by a credible news source. I wouldn't be surprised if Murdoch is trying to create divisions within the Democratic Party

I'll bet that top Democratic source is Zell Miller or something. I wouldn't put anything past the NY Post

[bushisanidiot]

28. You Can Count On A Repuke "news"paper to Spin You A Good Tale

but Terry was leaving on his own regardless of who won the nomination. The repukes now will not have Terry or President Clinton to kick around anymore.. they'll be focusing on Senator Kerry. Everything he does will be pure evil to them. Any deaths of anyone in power in the U.S. will be seen as having been personally orchestrated by Kerry himself... yadda yadda yadda.. we know the drill. We went through it for 8 years.

wacko repukes.

[gristy]

29. Great, great news.

I hope Kerry is able to pull it off. I'm not sure he really has the power to can him. McAuliffe has been a walking disaster for the Democrats.

Read this article on McAuliffe's reaction to the Wellstone Memorial debacle (sorry for the source):

http://www.newsmax.com/showinside.shtml?a=2002/11/3/90717

McAuliffe: Wellstones to Blame for Memorial Debacle, Including Lott Boofest

Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe blamed the grieving family of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone on Sunday for turning last Tuesday night's memorial service for the dead senator into a campaign rally, and even suggested it was their fault that Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott was booed during the ceremony.

Asked about a Zogby poll showing that the majority of Minnesotans say politicizing the memorial service was "inappropriate," McAuliffe told NBC's "Meet the Press," "I agree."

"This memorial service was planned by the Wellstone family," he quickly added, after MTP host Tim Russert flashed video of Bill and Hillary Clinton whooping it up along with the rest of the raucous crowd.

"It was not planned by the state party or anyone involved in politics," insisted the DNC chief.

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The guy is criminally incompetent. HE was head of the DNC. One week before the 2002 election in which control of the Senate was up for grabs (and, ultimately, lost by 1 seat), HE should have taken charge of the memorial. HE is responsible. Yet he claimed none of this was his fault.

I could do his job better than he. And that's not saying much.

[Nlighten1]

30. Don't let the door hit you on the ass Terry!

[Crachet2004]

31. Times change, new faces, new races...

Kerry has won the right to choose...or soon will have done so . Collectively, in democratic fashion, we have given him that right.

He would be a fool to leave an agent of Hillary in his rear as he turns to face the GOP. Her endorsement of him, yesterday, was underwhelming at best. And we all know her aspirations. The leadership of the party needs to be unified with Kerry's candidacy. Anything less risks defeat in the fall.

Kerrys' performance to date, and especially the blowout on Tuesday, means Hillary may never get a shot at being president...and she knows it. The advantages of incumbency are simply too great. Over time,she knows her glamour as a candidate will fade,especially if we win in the fall! The team who takes out Bushco for us will have a monopoly on that rare substance for some time to come.

History will not wait, for Hillary, or anyone else. She can still run in the future...and I might even vote for her-but it is time for all the big egos in the Democrat Party to 'bend the knee'...there must be no internal fracas. If there is, it will be noted and remembered, rest assured of that.

If it is true that Kerry is discontented with Terry McAuliffe, then that gentleman needs to step down. NOW. For 'the good of the party'...a phrase I am sure has passed his own lips, many times. And as far as what that might mean to Hillary...well, like Hillary in this electiion cycle and perhaps into the future, that is simply beside the point.

Right now, John Kerry is walking point.

[Jack Rabbit]

32. The New York Post isn't a credible source

. . . but I hope this is true.

This election is too critical to allow McAuliffe to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory one more time, as he did in the Congressional elections of 2002 and the California recall last year. Those defeats may not have been all his fault, but a better and more coherent strategy from the top would have been most helpful.

[Polemonium]

33. Good news... assuming he is replaced

with someone better.

[Frances]

34. The nominee (whoever it is) should have the right to pick his

own person. This is going to be a very dirty campaign, and there should be real chemistry between the nominee and the head.

[Barkley]

35. Why can't we vote for the next DNC Chair?

This IS the DEMOCRATIC PARTY!

Howard Dean would get my vote because he's not
afraid to stand up to Bush!

Our party desperately needs a moral compass.

[Sparkle]

36. It doesn't matter who gets appointed at the DNC Chairman,

He or she will only be demonized by the right. As was McAuliffe....

[cally]

37. I hope it's true

Kerry needs someone loyal to him. Also, raises the question if Kerry was the insider's choice as so many on this board claim. I've never thought Kerry was the DLC or DNC choice. He's too liberal to please the moderates.

[bullimiami]

38. you want to ruffle some repug feathers....

put bill clinton in charge of the party...

that will start the hens a-clucking.