Q&A #7: State Party Chairs

"Bernie" asks:

Can you rate the performance of the Democratic and Republican state party chairs?

I can only give a partial rating -- we'll know much better after November. I think John Walsh has done a good job considering what a widely diverse set of interests are pulling at the state Democratic Party -- which can never truly be just a wing of the governor's operation the way the state GOP has been in the past. I'd give him a B. I've been generally pretty impressed with Jennifer Nassour, and you have to let her take some small amount of credit for the Scott Brown thing. So far, I think the party is transitioning well into a serious entity that will provide some infrastructure and funding assistance for candidates, while not embarrassing itself at every turn. I'm not expecting many wins in the near future for the party, but I'll give her a B+.