The Occasional Observer

If we're lucky, mid-terms might not be as bad a bloodbath as possible, due to poor fundraising efforts by Dems, and recent bounce in Bush's approval.

I imagine that if Dems don't get significant gains in House and Senate, that could be the end of Dean as DNC chair. As bad as not taking advantage of a politically favorable climate to pick up mid-term seats would be, it would be unthinkable to Dems to lose presidential race again in '08. There have been grumblings about Dean's leadership (and particularly his snubbing of traditional fundraisers in preference for more "grass roots" approaches that don't seem to be panning out), and this mid-term could be final straw. I would imagine they would move to get rid of him as soon as possible, to allow a new chair as much time as possible to get things going for '08.