Jerome, who has been blogging up a storm over at
MyDD, has this encouraging
catch from the DC bible -- the National Journal's hotline:
The candidate du jour is 9/11 Commis./ex-Rep. Tim Roemer. -- And while the Cong. Dem leadership has enough sway to get news outlets to report about a new candidate, they may not realize that to the DNC members, their opinion is a kiss of death. While DNC members are not in agreement about who the ideal candidate would be, there is a near unanimous contention that the next chair can't be a DC creation. So unless Reid/Pelosi are using some political jujitsu tactic to kill potential candidacies by endorsing them, they may need to realize that about the most influence they'll have on this process is veto-power (and even that has be used judiciously).
I like it -- veto through endorsement. Let's hope Hotline has a good finger on the pulse (they usually do).
As for Netroots reaction, Blogswarm has the finger on that pulse, and the reaction has been brutal. Not a lot of love for Roemer outside the Pelosi/Reid circle.
(And what am I doing blogging? My in-laws' neighbors have an open wi-fi network that is bleeding into their townhome.)