Reply #28: I'm not sure that being a spokesperson should be the [View All]

main job of the chairman. Dean can fill that role as head of the DFA. I mean, we already have spokespeople - we've got Kerry,...Dean, Pelosi, Reid, etc. All of our elected dems are spokespeople.

Also, Dean has the annoying habit of saying the wrong thing and pissing people in his own party off. We need someone to bring the party together, not divide it. Dean is a lightening rod - he's one of the most divisive people we've got. Just look at DU! (and it was much, much worse during the primaries)

As for his supporters - (a lot of them)- being assholes - I think that is a valid way to judge a candidate. Who you attract as supporters does reflect you, IMO. One of the things that drew me to the Kerry camp was the rationality of his supporters here at DU. And conversely, what turned me off to Dean initially were his supporters.