Drudge has a story about Dean’s desire to get rid of Terry McAuliffe as head of the DNC. A few thoughts. First, I’m sure Dean would like to see McAuliffe go, but the high-minded motives attributed to the Dean camp in the Drudge story don’t scan for a moment. McAuliffe is widely known among Democratic insiders as Bill and Hillary’s boy. The whole senior leadership of the DNC were put in by the Clintons in order to ensure their interests were protected. It may be true that the Dean camp thinks McAuliffe has done a terrible job, but that’s simply the truth. The real reason Dean would want McAuliffe gone is if he thinks he can really win the nomination and doesn’t trust that McAuliffe would then do what’s best for the nominee. As several Dem operatives have told me (the benefits of spending so much time in CNN green rooms), it’s still Bill Clinton’s party.