The Alliance of the Ignored: Power Perceived Versus Power Achieved (carville)

[gulfcoastliberal]

From mydd

Apologies if already posted.

The attempts to oust Dean have been crushed. The anti-Deaniacs in the party are fresh out of friends:

James Carville's attempt to topple Howard Dean as chairman of the Democratic National Committee failed after state party officials and even a vocal critic of Dean crushed the coup, officials said.

Insiders from the Clinton camp winced at Carville's untimely remarks last week calling for Dean's ouster in favor of unsuccessful Senate candidate Harold Ford of Tennessee.

"It was not coming from and they made a real effort to distance themselves from James' comments," said a source close to the Clintons.
The Clintonistas don't want an undeserved backlash from the activist wing of the party that overwhelmingly supports Dean, especially because some anti-Clinton Democrats have blamed Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) for the attack by Carville, a longtime Clinton insider. Those forces claimed Carville's motive was to topple Dean in favor of a chairman more favorable to Sen. Clinton's bid for President.

Much much more. Please read entire article to understand ramifications.

http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/11/20/171354/93

[rpannier]

1. Thanks for the article

Quite informative

[creeksneakers2]

2. T here was never any evidence that the Clintons

had anything to do with Carville in the first place. The whole idea didn't even make sense. Now the Clintons deny involvement and this writer has to attribute some complex political motive to it. If an author uses the word "Clintonista" that tells me he's a winger. One more chance to push the false story?