our Democratic nominee will only be mentioned in the press stories when the Republicans are attacking that nominee.

[That plan] will really exacerbate front-loading, which I think is just not good for the process, ... As a member of the Democratic National Committee , I want a process that will nominate a Democrat who will become president in 2008.

The front-loading process will hurt the Democratic nominee, ... We will have a nominee in middle to late January, while Republicans are dominating airwaves for weeks or months after that.

The Republicans will make a bonfire under Jim McDermott,

Unless we clear up our own house, the Republicans will clean up in the fall,

The fact is that whatever fallout there is, good or bad, will be laid at the feet of Republicans.