Say it ain't so, Daniel!

Longtime pal o' Upper Left (according to Technorati, his old site Blog4Kerry was the first external link into this joint) Daniel reports that he's suspending work on a post announcing his endorsement of Simon Rosenberg for DNC Chair for his blog, Democrat's Soul. Not because he sees a better choice, but because he sees a lost cause...

So why am I not making an effort? I had two sources tell me Dean would not announce unless he was close to having enough votes. Then last night I had a conversation with a friend who recently had lunch with a top Democrat operative (associated with Dean) who said, "It was a done deal." Considering the source, this operative would know.

Aw, c'mon Daniel! Write the damn thing. Wasn't it just a year or so ago that 'top Democrat(ic) operatives' hither and yon were telling Kerry to bag his bats and succumb to the inevitable Dean steamroller? I mean, they had an insurmountable hard count in Iowa, right? And a double digit lead in New Hampshire.

But you made the effort. And I did. And thousands of volunteers, and more importantly, voters did. And we won.

Simon Rosenberg knows a few top operatives himself. In fact, he is one. And he's talking to the same DNC voters Dean's talking to. You really think he would have announced last week if he'd found the Governor had this thing in the bag? In fact, some of the DNC voters can't even be truly ID'd yet, since some states (this one, for instance) haven't completed their reorganization process yet.
We've got about a month to go and a hell of a fight on our hands. No time for faint hearts now.

Write the damn thing, Daniel! I really want to read it. (And thanks, as always, for the plug.)