the washington post says howard dean has the dnc chairmanship all but sewed up:
"activist simon rosenberg abandoned his bid for democratic national committee chairman on friday and backed front-runner howard dean, moving the former presidential candidate closer to capturing the party title.
rosenberg's departure from the race leaves a field of three -- dean; democratic activist donnie fowler, who ran the kerry-edwards campaign in michigan, and former indiana rep. tim roemer."
more after the split
"about 430 voting members of the party's national committee will choose a successor to outgoing dnc chairman terry mcauliffe on feb. 12.
dean has surged into the lead with 250 endorsements from dnc members, but some democrats are worried about dean's at-times fiery comments and style. rosenberg stressed dean's success in rallying democratic support and ability to unify the party.
"what's going on with democrats right now is we're coming to understand and accept we're not a majority party," rosenberg said in a telephone interview with reporters. "we're fighting in ways we didn't use to have to fight."
"all of this is a sign of tremendous progress for us as a party," he added. "democrats recognize we have to fight harder for our beliefs." "
if you want to see class, take a look at mr. rosenberg's statement he wrote on the daily kos. or just look up "class" in the dictionary and see simon's picture.