She had an opportunity to show Leadership....she bombed as a temp.

she seems to be wishy-washy.....and she had done great damage to the Democratic Party when we should be pulling togther to win elections in 2018. Betwwen her and bernie, I hope we can learn to overcome their disruptions and get together on the principles and values we hold dear in the Democratic Party.

about her

People forget that Al Gore lost his home state of Tennessee in 2000. The campaign headquarters was in Nashville. Had he won Tennessee, the Florida debacle wouldn't have mattered. Remember, this was a state that Bill Clinton won twice.

I seriously question what Donna Brazile has done for the Democratic Party, when she couldn't even win her candidate's home state. What she did this week is beyond comprehension.

Donna, go away.

The partisan index was moving steadily red. That means the state percentage in comparison to the national percentage.

It wasn't a surprise that Gore lost Tennessee. He wasn't going to carry that state unless he won the national popular vote by several points at minimum. Clinton in 1996 carried Tennessee by roughly 2.5 points while winning nationally by 8.5 points. So that demonstrates right there that Tennessee was roughly 6 points red, and that in itself was a partisan shift from 1992 when Clinton's national margin and Tennessee margin were almost identical, in the 5 point range.

Gore lost Tennessee by 4 points while winning nationally by about a half point. Tennessee really didn't matter. He wasn't going to carry Tennessee unless he won nationally by 4-5 points or more, which would have dragged Florida along by major non-recount margin along with -- from memory -- some state like Ohio.

Anyway, I agree with the OP that Donna Brazile is a mediocrity. Bob Shrum is an apt comparison. No hint of brilliance from either of them. I have no idea how people like that advance so far up the ranks with a natural stopper placed in front of them. We can't allow it to continue. Last year all it required was minimal competence to grasp that the wrong states were being prioritized.

I still think Tennessee was within Al Gore's grasp if it had been effectively handled. Remember that Jimmy Carter, a one-time governor, won Georgia in 1980 in a landslide loss to Reagan. In 1984, Walter Mondale eked out a victory in his home state of Minnesota in an even bigger landslide loss. Why couldn't have Al pulled off Tennessee, when these two examples show that there is still home-state advantage?

I know we are talking about different eras, but the Gores (both Al and his father) were a powerful machine for decades in Tennessee, and Brazile should have used those connections to allow a sitting vice-president to win his own home state. Tennessee absolutely did matter, as there were enough electoral votes there where a loss in Florida wouldn't have mattered. Gore lost by 4 EVs, and Tennessee had 11 EVs then. Tennessee clearly mattered, and Gore (and Brazile) lost it.

The Gore machinery that was there in Tennessee could have been used by a competent manager (not Brazile!) to win a state that would have won Gore the election without Florida, particularly where Clinton had won the state in the last two elections.

That being said, we fundamentally agree about Brazile. Good point about Shrum. I am not sure what he has ever accomplished.

Why don't we just bring Howard Dean back, and that will solve all issues!

She's out of work, you know.

JMO

I just never want her involved in any campaign!