Writing in the Washington Post‘s political blog The Fix, Chris Cillizza today examines the political future of former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, the outgoing chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

With the economy in a tailspin, and few posts remaining in President-elect Barack Obama’s administration, it seems clear that Dean may have to look outside of Washington, DC for his next gig.

Cillizza writes:

“Those closest to Dean insist that he has any number of job offers to weigh (although they wouldn’t expound on any specifics), is traveling to Europe three times early in 2009 to advise progressive parties abroad about the lessons learned from the 2008 campaign and is speaking out on his pet issue — health care — as he did on Wednesday at a speech to the National Institutes of Health.”

Cillizia adds that the man who “ushered in an era of person to person politics linked by technology, finds himself as a man without a home speaks to the vast chasm between how he is perceived by the netroots and the party regulars.”

Washington and party insiders, like Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, never liked Dean or his 50-state strategy.

In a recent interview with comedian DL Hughley on CNN’s DL HughleyBreaks the News, Dean said he didn’t feel vindicated by thefact that his 50-state strategy is being credited with the Democratictakeover of the White House and Congress.

Here’s the exchange Dean had with Hughley:

This article appears in Dec 17-23, 2008.

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Shay Totten wrote "Fair Game," a weekly political column, from April 2008-December 2011.

3 replies on “Dr. Dean is Out”

  1. “Attorney general if Eric Holder’s nomination falls flat? Supreme Court justice?”Um . . . you kinda hafta actually be a lawyer to be Attorney General or Supreme Court justice? Dean’s a lot of things, but he’s not a lawyer.

  3. Top Ten ListSome call it being properly vetted. Journalist must realize America needs and deserves to know exactly what it was in vetting processes that precluded Mr. Dean from an Embassy position in Timbuktu.10. Who of great import could Mr. Dean have gotten the ire of? 9. Has he said something about someone he shouldn’t have? 8. Could the alleged “chip” on his shoulder be a monkey?7. A “My excrement has no unpleasant odor” attitude? 6. Was it his racial stance with Native Americans?5. Could the scream still have an echo? 4. Who are the skeletons in his closet? 3. Intellectual Horsepower issues?2. Integrity questions?1. Too short?

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