Obama Campaign Taking Over Large Swaths Of DNC Operations
Obama's rapid takeover of the Democratic Party continues apace:
In a major shakeup at the Democratic National Committee -- and a departure from tradition -- large parts of the committee's operations are relocating to Chicago to be fully integrated with the Obama campaign.The DNC's political department, housed in Washington, D.C., will be dramatically rebuilt, with staffers offered a choice of moving to Chicago, joining state operations, or staying in Washington, DNC spokeswoman Karen Finney said.
But with the power will clearly be shifting to a centralized Chicago hub.
The DNC's key role in coordinating political operations with state parties is expected to largely taken over and overseen by Obama's senior staff in Chicago, state party officials said.
In addition, Ben Smith also notes that staffers for Howard Dean's 50 state strategy will be shifted over to work for the campaign in battleground states. Coming after Obama's directive to his donors not to give to 527s, it's the latest sign of how rapidly he's moving both to remake the party in his own image and to impose message discipline on it.
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