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To: LindyBill who wrote (33058)	3/5/2004 10:24:25 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793903

Real Clear Politics - LET'S HOPE TERRY ISN'T TOAST: The Kerry campaign has been beating back press reports that their nominee wants Terry McAuliffe out. But he may end up sticking around, and this sentence from today's NY Times tells us why: Explaining the problem that the campaign faces, an adviser to Mr. Kerry said about Mr. McAuliffe's fund-raising prowess and his willingness to be a lightning rod: "Terry is a very valuable player. Terry will say anything." (emphasis added) That's your nutshell, folks: the two most valuable assets of the current head of the Democratic party are 1) his ability to raise tons of dough and 2) his willingness to go on national television and spin with little or no regard for the facts or the truth. No wonder Bill Clinton is so fond of him. But McAuliffe has always been in over his head, both as the lead communicator of the party and as a political strategist. True, he's raised a lot of money for the party, but the name of the game is winning seats and under his watch Democrats have taken an electoral beating around the country. I suspect most Democrats would be a whole lot happier today with empty coffers but control of the Senate or the House. It's not all McAuliffe's fault, of course. As a group, Democrats bungled the war issue in the run up to the 2002 midterms and decided, wrongly, that "kitchen table issues" would carry the day over national security. It was a catastrophic mistake. Anyway, I hope Terry gets to hang around until November because he can be a "very valuable player" - for Republicans.