Pa. Democratic chairman backs Dean's rival (Fowler) for DNC post

[TheWebHead]

State Rep. T.J. Rooney, the Pennsylvania Democratic chairman, yesterday endorsed a chief rival to former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean in an 11th-hour effort to blunt the accelerating momentum of Dean's bid to lead the Democratic National Committee.

Rooney, D-Northampton, released a statement backing South Carolina political consultant Donnie Fowler the day after Dean cemented his lead in the race by prevailing in a vote of Rooney's fellow state party chairs from across the nation.

"A lot of people have suggested that this is a foregone conclusion and the train has left the station,'' Rooney said yesterday. "But I believe I have an obligation to speak out for what I believe is the majority sentiment. I believe this is a two-person race and I also believe it shouldn't be a coronation.''

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[marcologico]

1. He shouldn't worry. Deano's been coronated before. n/t

[arcos]

2. You will suffer terribly when he's finally elected... nt

[marcologico]

5. No, we'd all suffer. Dean would make a horribly misguided bid

to run in '08, then go down in humiliating flames and take the party with him, and we'd be toast for twenty years.

[arcos]

6. Has any of your 927 posts been about anything other than Dean bashing? nt

[WI_DEM]

16. actually under his last screen name (Nicholas J) he has thousands

of anti-Dean posts. But that's ok--he has become amusing.

[last1standing]

19. Amusing, but he can't seem to stand up to the truth.

He comes into a thread, lies about Dean then, when someone shows the truth of the matter, he disappears. Sounds like a troll to me.

[arcos]

21. oh, no wonder...

I remember NicholasJ for posting lots of anti-Dean non-sense... I can't believe he's still at it!

[ProudToBeLiberal]

23. omg this is nicholas_J? LOL no wonder, he's not consider worth listening

thanks I didn't know

[CTLawGuy]

7. Marco?

Do you get paid by the hour? or per post?

[marcologico]

8. I could ask the same question, but it would get deleted. Go figure. n/t

[CTLawGuy]

13. you could,

but it wouldn't make sense, because you could find at least ONE post from me that wasn't a direct or indirect attack on ONE particular person.

You, on the other hand, have a certain uniformity to your posting habits.

[AntiCoup2K4]

10. Marcus, get over yourself....

This whining was bad enough last year, now it's even more pathetic.

[marcologico]

11. Now Deano is saying "he would support New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation

primary status." Gee, why would he do that? He wouldn't be planning an end-run around Iowa, would he? Nah, not Howie, he's a stand-up guy and would NEVER tell a lie!

[Orangepeel]

18. New Hampshire is currently the first-in-the-nation primary

has been for years

:shrug:

[CTLawGuy]

20. I love how your attacks

are vague and unsubstantiated. usually when people express a negative opinion about a person, they give specific reasons, rather than screaming "he's a liar!"

[WI_DEM]

15. he has said he will not run in '08 if he is elected DNC chairman

it is not surprising that you would overlook this fact.

[LittleClarkie]

3. How did this become a two person race between Dean

and this person. We better not end up with Fowler or I am going to scream. And it won't be a happy little Dean scream, either.

Oh please. Oh please. Oh please.

[d_b]

4. who?

[ultraist]

9. THAT'S RIGHT! The train has left the station. YaaaOOOOWWwww!

"A lot of people have suggested that this is a foregone conclusion and the train has left the station,'' Rooney said yesterday"

No thanks to Ronnie (Don's my dad) Fowler.

[CWebster]

12. You know

Dean is what the party sorely needs. I think the kid has promise, and spunk but he still has a way to go. He is getting a certain amount of notoriety by going up against Dean, and I saw him up there conferring with Rosenberg, who I don't like and don't trust--so I am going to hold it against him.

But this is ridiculous, these small time politicians who have to come out and grandstand for their 15 minutes.

Where is this guy? I am in PA and I am getting pissed. Dean is the man for the job at this juncture in time, and it is time for everybody to sit down and shut up---for the good of the party.

;-)

[Larkspur]

14. Swimming against the tide only looks noble when the tide is going the

wrong way.

The Dem Party has been going the wrong way since 1994, and with Dean, we will steer it back to it's noble principles and give the entire Party a backbone transplant. Anyone Dem who is against that need's their head examined.

T.J. Rooney is obviously blind to the real mess the Dem Party has become with the likes of the Fowlers' and Clintonistas.

[WI_DEM]

17. Well, we can't win 'em all

[Walt Starr]

22. Off Topic: About your avatar

Has anybody told you that it looks like Joe (dead intern) Scarborough?