The Beginning of the End of the 50-State Strategy
This post over at The Democratic Strategist made me a little sad. I recently praised Dean and his 50-State strategy. So, news of the DNC pulling out field operatives isn’t great. The only upside is that it’s possible that the DNC will pull its own operations out of certain states and substitute Obama’s existing field operations in those states.
Ed Kilgore says:
I realize this issue is dwarfed in significance by the separate question of what happens to the large and well-trained Obama field organization. If that organization is ultimately folded into the DNC/state party apparatus, then the problem of state party infrastructure may be solved for the immediate future. But if it’s not, we may be back to square one.
In any event, it’s disappointing to see that Howard Dean’s signature initiative at the DNC may not outlast his personal tenure as chairman.
I couldn’t agree with Ed more.