I like this:
http://www.nationaljournal.com/...
Sen. Jon Tester will be the new chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic leaders announced to their caucus Thursday.
The Montana Democrat takes the helm of the campaign arm after a series of painful Democratic loses in 2014. But Tester has a much easier job to look forward to in 2016 than outgoing Chairman Michael Bennet had this past cycle. The Senate battleground is largely favorable to Democrats, who have just 10 incumbents to defend. Republicans, meanwhile, have 24 seats in play, many in blue and purple states, giving Democrats an opportunity to regain the majority.
As a red-state Democrat, Tester shares a profile with some of his party's most vulnerable members, many of whom lost their seats this year, and he has experience he can draw on in protecting embattled 2016 candidates.
The chairmanship will also give Tester a seat at the leadership table, a place where he freely admits he hasn't always been welcome. But the Democrat clearly made a good impression on Majority Leader Harry Reid when the two met about the job Wednesday. Reid and Bennet are the two top targets for the GOP in 2016 and they will be reliant on Tester's operation for resources. - National Journal, 11/13/14
And I'm liking what Tester is saying:
http://billingsgazette.com/...
Tester said one reason Democrats did so poorly in last week’s midterm elections is they weren’t advocating for “good, solid policies” and voters didn’t really know what they stood for.
“I think good policy is good politics,” he said in an interview with the Gazette State Bureau.
Tester said policies that Democrats should pursue include making college more affordable, protecting Social Security and Medicare, ensuring access to public lands, passing a highway bill that improves roads and bridges, making health care more affordable, taking concrete steps to improve the economy and reforming the federal tax code.
“It’s way too complicated,” he said of the tax code. “We could do some things with that tax code that could really help everybody and that Democrats could get behind, and really help the middle class.”
The chair of the DSCC recruits candidates and helps raise money, but also sits in with leadership on policy discussions, he said. Tester isn’t up for re-election until 2018. - Billings Gazette, 11/11/14
Now Tester isn't perfect but he's run excellent campaigns and I'll be interested to see how he does with recruiting candidates. Stay tuned.