I just was watching the Daily Show where Mr. McAuliffe was a guest and I swear, for a party chair he sure as hell didn't sound confident or positive.
What the hell is WRONG with the Democratic Party?
Jon Stewart is asking him if he is always has to stay positive, even if things were looking bad for the Democrats. Joking that it would be tough to be DNC chair for McGovern.
This would have been a great time to say something like "Jon, I'm upbeat because I truly believe John Kerry is going to be the next president! Not only that, you are going to hear at our convention why W. is going to be only the first of many Republicans going home after this election!"
But no, we get the same damn wishy-washy Democrat fare (I paraphrase a bit from memory):
"Maybe I should be saying we're going to lose this and that, but no... We have a great convention coming up?"
Maybe I should be saying we're going to lose???
I know its a Democratic friendly audience - but my god! You are the party chair Terry - is this the feeling of our leadership?
I can't imagine Newt Gingrich saying anything remotely like this during the Republican revolution of the 90's.
Maybe there are other reasons why Terry McAuliffe is a decent party chair - but I personally can't wait to get this broken, demoralized, gun-shy leadership out.