"Suppose Harold Ford became chairman of the DNC? How much more money do you think we could raise? Just think of the difference it could make in one day. Now probably Harold Ford wants to stay in Tennessee. I just appointed myself his campaign manager."
Carville didn't do such a great job as John Kerry's political advisor. Carville won two presidential elections with Clinton, but that's like bragging about playing third-string for the 1972 Miami Dolphins.
According to The New Republic, Carville is pitching Ford's name, to chair the Democratic National Committee, because he felt Howard Dean blew the 2006 election. Carville thinks Dean's 50-state strategy is wrong. That winning both houses and elections in the South is a bad idea because ...
Carville is griping about a man who helped Democrats win elections. Like Dean or not: he has earned himself political capital that Bush loves to talk about. Carville will lose. Badly.
The second issue is most people don't even know who Harold Ford is. Allow me to fill the blanks.
Lost 2006 Senate race to Bob Corker.
Brags about voting for the Patriot Act. (I doubt he read the Act first.)
Ran for House Minority Leader. Lost to Nancy Pelosi.
Strongly against gay marriage.
In short: the Democratic base would hate Ford and he's always been a not-ready-for-prime-time player. It's no secret that Carville hates Dean, but why float Ford's name?
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