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Howard Dean stepping down
The Swamp — ... In an expected move, Dr. Howard Dean is planning to step down as chair of the Democratic National Committee, according to a Huffington Post report. ...

Dean Stepping Down As DNC Chair
Hotline On Call Part Deux — Per The Huffington Post's Stein: Dean, who has been serving in the post since 2005, has said in the past that he would serve only one term, though his successful work with the Obama campaign had led some Democrats to wonder whether he would stay on into the next administration. This won't be the case, officials at the DNC confirm. He will serve as chair until his term ends in January. The party will settle on a new head when it hosts a meeting during the week of Obama's inauguration. In sheer political terms, the choice really wasn't ...

Dean to depart the DNC
Political Animal — ... DEPART THE DNC.... I very clearly remember the reaction from the political establishment when former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean was chosen to head the Democratic National Committee. Most responded with two words, "Uh oh." Four years and two very successful campaign cycles later, Dean's achievements as chairman are unquestioned, and the benefits of his innovative 50-state strategy are self-evident. We learned today that Dean is departing the DNC, but he'll leave as something of a hero. Sam Stein reports : After four years at the helm of the Democratic National Committee, Howard ...

(Howard) Dean Prepares To Step Down As DNC Chair
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... Dean replacement is one of the president-elect's closest allies: Claire McCaskill, the junior Senator from Missouri and a national co-chair of the Obama campaign. "My sense is that the Obama folks are pretty insular and don't want somebody else building the party and haven't even decided what building the party means for them," explained one aide. "I bet they go with a split chair again ... McCaskill at Chair, and somebody like Steve Hildebrand at Operational Chair." Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/10/dean-prepares-...

Dean unlikely to run again for DNC chair
Jonathan Martin's Blog — ... successive Democratic wave elections that saw the party re-capture both chambers of Congress and the White House, Howard Dean is unlikely to seek another term as DNC chair, a top party official confirms. President-elect Obama, now the leader of the party, will signal who he wants to see take over the committee, and that person is then virtually certain to be elected when the DNC meets during inauguration week next month. Dean's move was first reported by the Huffington Post. His next step is unknown.  A cabinet post is possible, but ...

Dean to step down?
Ben Smith's Blog — ... HuffPo notes that Howard Dean's term as DNC chairman expires in January, and that Obama — whose chief of staff famously clashed with Dean during the 2006 cycle — will want to handpick his successor. ...

Dean to Step Down as DNC Chair
44 — ... 5, 2008. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press) By Chris Cillizza Former Vermont governor Howard Dean, who rose to national prominence during a failed bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, will not seek a second term as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, clearing the way for a loyalist of President-elect Barack Obama to be named to the soon to be vacant post. The news of Dean's departure after a single four-year term in office was first reported by the Huffington Post's Sam Stein and confirmed by a Democratic Party source. "At this point he has ...

David Plouffe For Democratic Party Chief?
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — ... Howard Dean is stepping down as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. This is no surprise; it's been known for months he would be departing after the election. The question is, who's next? ...

Dean to step down as DNC chair.
Think Progress — ... DNC Chairman Howard Dean is preparing to step down from his position when his term ends in January, Huffington Post’s Sam Stein reports today. According to Stein, a name being floated as Dean’s successor is Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), who was an ardent supporter of President-elect Barack Obama: ...

Dean retiring from the DNC
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Howard Dean, who turned a successful presidential campaign into a national joke, will retire as DNC chair after making the same journey in reverse.  Dean will exit as one of the most successful DNC chairs in recent history, transforming the mission and technological infrastructure of the Democratic Party and delivering two successful national elections: After four years at the helm of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean is preparing to relinquish his chairmanship. Dean, who has been serving in the post since 2005, has said in the past that he would serve only one ...

Who's Next?
Eschaton — Dean stepping down as DNC Chair. --Molly I.

Howard Dean: Mission Accomplished
Oliver Willis — ... As Howard Dean prepares to step down as DNC Chairman, its worth remembering that when he started the right and much of the decaying party establishment insisted that his tenure would be counted in days or weeks, certainly not months. Democrats were in disarray, coming off a losing presidential election and consigned to the dustbin of history. Yet Howard Dean thought the party had to expand, not contract, and show up in our elections from coast to coast. ...

Hahaha! Dean will be such a disaster as DNC Chair!
INSTAPUTZ — I remember when that was the wingnut reaction. After '06 and '08 who's laughing now?

11/11: Lieberman Vs. The Netroots: The Sequel
Blogometer — ... running for RNC chairman: DNC: Long Live The 50-State Strategy Liberal bloggers are praising DNC Chairman Howard Dean following reports that Dean "is preparing to relinquish his chairmanship" : ...

Thanks, Howard and Jerry
BlueNC — Howard Dean will step down as head of the Democratic National Committee at the end of the year. I followed his election to the post in 2005, when a field of party insiders were rebuffed by party delegates ready to do something besides lose to the Republicans. Dean marshalled the 50 state strategy: Rather than focusing just on swing states, Dean proposed what has come to be known as the 50-State Strategy. The goal, the DNC says, is for the Democratic Party to be committed to winning elections at every level in every ...