Biden set to pick Jaime Harrison as DNC chair

[Eid Ma Clack Shaw]

This seems like a good choice to me - he raised a load of money, performed very strongly in debates and on the campaign trail in a deep red state against one of Trump's biggest sycophants. Given that Stacey Abrams has her eye on other things, I see Harrison as a fine alternative.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/us/politics/jaime-harrison-dnc-chairman.html?smid=tw-share

[jcgoldie]

1. Stacey dont want it?

Just curious. Thinking she still has sights set on governor.

[dem4decades]

5. That was my thought, she decides.

[MontanaMama]

12. Stacey has been clear

that she plans to run for GA Governor again.

[Hortensis]

17. Yes, this. And also perhaps a position in the Biden administration. nt

[ananda]

2. I can live with that.

I hope he sees the job as a 50-state strategy.

[Eid Ma Clack Shaw]

9. Given where he's from and ran, I'd be surprised if he didn't.

I’m not sure a true 50 state strategy is viable anymore, but reaching as broadly as realistically possible is essential.

[spooky3]

3. I like him, but I wish it were Stacey Abrams. I contributed to his

campaign, and not to take anything away from him, I believe a lot of the money flowed in because we wanted so badly to get rid of Graham and the polls suggested the race was close.

But Biden’s teams surely looked at all the angles and made the best choice.

[DonaldsRump]

8. I have to agree

He raised a lot of money, but he lost quite badly (more than 10%) to Lindsey Graham.

Stacey Abrams is running for GA governor in 2022; otherwise, she would have been perfect. I don't think Mr. Harrison is in her league.

[ananda]

18. I tend to agree.

But he's probably OK for now.

Sometimes people grow well into the job,
and he has a lot of heart and spirit.

[DonaldsRump]

20. For sure

I still cannot understand how Harrison lost by so much...he was light years ahead in terms of honesty, intelligence, charm, and charisma of the ultimate bootlicker Lyin' Leningrad Lindsey.

Anyways, if Joe (along with Rep. Clyburn) trusts him that's good enough for me. But Jaime needs to have some REALLY long Zoom calls with Stacey to perfect the recipe for winning unwinnable elections!

[samnsara]

4. great pick!!!!

[DonaldsRump]

6. Stacey Abrams is running for GA governor. Otherwise, it was a no-brainer for her to get it. nt

[exboyfil]

7. With the Senate seat to protect along with getting the governorship

It would be fine so long as Biden talked to Abrams first which I am sure that he did. I do hope she could adopt the new Southern strategy. She is as much a girl/woman of Mississippi as she is of Georgia. She went to grade school all the way to at least 10th grade in Mississippi. I hope she brings her skills in assisting and mentoring activists in other states like Alabama and Mississippi.

She is also pretty young. There is plenty of time with a turn as Governor before moving on to national office.

[calguy]

10. There must be other plans for Stacey

She's a bright rising star with some major accomplishments now under her belt.
I'm thinking nothing would give her greater pleasure than to run for governor again and totally wipe out the crooked republican who cheated her out of her victory last time.

[brooklynite]

11. I heard previously from my DNC friends that the job was Jaime's if he wanted it.

[Indykatie]

13. Jaimie is an Excellent Choice - He Was Also Clyburn's Recommended Choice - Case Closed n/t

[still_one]

14. He has an engaging personality, and would be an excellent choice

[radius777]

15. Jaime is good because he already was head of SC Dem party,

so pretty much understands what the job entails. He's also charismatic and sharp, not some boring guy like Tom Perez was.

Jaimie didn't do well in the SC senate race but it is a deep red state and Trump was at the top of the ticket.

[Totally Tunsie]

16. Nice. He has a bright future.

[Hortensis]

19. Yes, he'll be good. I wondered where Stacey for DNC came from,

because I never read about it from her and wondered that she'd want it. It's not meant to be an out-front position, more administrative support for the party. Our big policy decisionmakers are all elsewhere.

The official party head is always our top elected official in office. Pelosi, then Biden once he became our nominee, which is when his agenda became the party's. It would have been Pelosi again if he hadn't been elected.

The misunderstanding came from Bernie Sanders, who needed a target to turn his hostile populists against, so he pointed them at the DNC, but it had been badly neglected was almost devoid of power by then, and was never the ideological center that he implied it was.

Btw, the DNC's been restructured to be able to perform its role much better now, and Harrison will have a real job -- getting Democrats elected, but the DNC still doesn't set the agenda for anything but its own functions, important as they are.

[demmiblue]

21. ...

[GoCubsGo]

22. I would prefer that he was my Senator.

But, unfortunately, that wasn't to be. This is a worthy substitute.

I still think the crooked Republicans in my state stole the seat for Leningrad Lindsey, but I doubt we'll ever get to see anything that proves--or disproves that.