As promised, I've tried to get down more details as to my thoughts about Dean taking over at the DNC. I've written it up for MFA, though I'm fighting a little writerly-block and dearth of inspiration.

The main thing is that this is a huge opportunity to turn the Democratic Party into a meaningful institution again, which is something that I think has to happen in order for America not to go to the dogs. The only other option is to quicken the death of the dems in the hopes of creating some new party from its ashes. I think internal mutation is vastly more likely to work, not to mention much much faster. Let's get it on.