ABC News has the following report By MARC AMBINDER:
Another Term for McAuliffe
Jerome at MyDD is all over it.
In the meantime, pro-Iraq War Rep. John Murtha is writing letters backing Howard Dean.
Are the powers that be getting worried that Howard Dean is taking the lead? Ickes, Blanchard, Roemer, and now back to the future with McAuliffe?
Murtha, a primary supporter of Dick Gephardt, says it best in this quote I think:
"I am not with him on all the issues, but he understands the party's problems, what we need to do and how to get there," said Murtha. "And he has executive experience. ... A lot of people in the party don't understand just where we are. We need a change. We need something different."
One senior lawmaker, who asked not to be named in order to speak more candidly about internal party matters, said his colleagues would be shocked to hear of Murtha's support for Dean. The lawmaker added, "Maybe we'll all have to take a second look. A lot of us will."
Murtha said he contacted Dean to tell him of his support.
Interesting to note also that he came to this conclusion on his own and let Gov. Dean know about it after the fact. He was not lobbied by Howard.
Interesting to note that the list of DNC voting members is not to be found on the DNC web page. However, a pdf list can be found here on Rosenberg's NDN web site... in case anyone is interested in writing or calling in support of a reform candidate rather than the ultimate status quo candidate.