I’ve always felt that Terry McAuliffe is a horrible DNC chairman. That’s been proved twice now with horrible mid-term elections in 2002 and now the debacle that has been the 2004 election. The Democratic Party should never have let Bill Clinton strongarm them into picking this guy. He’s set the clock back at least 6 years for the Dems, possibly 10 years.

Do the math — the GOP now controls the White House, the Senate (by a 5-vote margin), and the House (by a 30-vote margin). In addition, Bush will have the chance to appoint as many as 3 Supreme Court Justices (Rehnquist who is 80, Stevens who is 84, and O’Connor who is 74).

Yet McAuliffe still thinks the DNC is in good shape:

“This party is stronger than it’s ever been. We’re in the best financial shape,” he says. “We now have, unlike four years ago, millions and millions of new supporters of this party. We’re debt-free for the first time ever and we’re beginning to build towards 2008.”

Too bad your party has less power than it has in a long time. If I were a Democrat, I’d be furious that this guy has bee allowed to run amock for the last 4 years.