Ken Martin Is a Terrible DNC Chair

Ken Martin is doing a terrible job

The D.N.C.’s problems are severe. (Photo via Politico)During Donald Trump’s second term, Republicans have re-established the traditional G.O.P. fundraising advantage that evaporated in earlier Trump-era cycles. The difference in party fundraising is pretty modest except when you compare the Democratic National Committee to the Republican National Committee: The R.N.C. has a seven-to-one fundraising edge, and the D.N.C. has more debt than cash on…

Ken Martin Is a Terrible DNC Chair

Matthew Yglesias: “I’m not a fundraising guru and I don’t know exactly why Martin is flailing at this. But in a big picture sense, the chair is normally someone with demonstrated fundraising skills and donor connections and/or someone who is enthusiastically backed by major party figures who are themselves big donor favorites.” “Martin isn’t either of those things, and he also isn’t a factional favorite of progressive small donors. He’s a guy wh…