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A week ago, South Carolina’s Donnie Fowler gave Howard Dean a scare. Since then, vying for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee, Fowler has been trying to convince Democrats that it was something more than that. “It’s not over,” he told CNN anchor Judy Woodruff as recently as Friday afternoon. “Nobody’s cast a single vote yet.” Just hours later, though, Fowler took an informal vote count and, “it became clear that Howard Dean has the votes to become Democratic chairman.” So he stepped aside. A roller-coaster week ago, the executive committee of Democratic state party chairs picked 37-year-old...

Donnie Fowler Endorses Governor Dean Donnie Fowler has just endorsed Gov. Howard Dean to be Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Donnie Fowler said, "Today it became clear that Howard Dean has the votes to become DNC chairman. "I got in the race because I wanted to see change in the Democratic Party. I know from experience that local people know better and that strong state parties and successful elected officials should teach the rest of the Party their best lessons. I want to see the DNC get back to its real mission: to help each candidate and...

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) - Seven candidates for chairman of the Democratic National Committee promised Saturday to address the concerns of Southern voters, saying they had learned the lessons of the past two elections. "You want to know my Southern strategy, show up," said Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor who dropped out of the presidential race during last year's Democratic primaries. Dean and the other candidates seeking to replace Terry McAuliffe as the face of the Democratic Party spoke before a Southern audience at the first of several regional caucuses to give Democratic Party officials a chance to hear...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Wesley Clark's campaign manager quit Tuesday in a dispute over the direction of the Democratic presidential bid, exposing a rift between the former general's Washington-savvy advisers and his 3-week-old Arkansas campaign team. Donnie Fowler, 35, told associates he was leaving over widespread concerns that supporters who used the Internet to draft Clark into the race are not being taken seriously by top campaign officials. Fowler also complained that the campaign's message and methods are focused too much on Washington, not key states, said two associates who spoke on condition of anonymity. From the start, there has been...

Clark Campaign Manager Quits, Signaling RiftBy GLEN JUSTICE ASHINGTON, Oct. 7 — Wesley K. Clark's campaign manager resigned on Tuesday, exposing a rift within the retired general's camp just three weeks into his fledgling bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, campaign aides said. The manager, Donnie Fowler, stepped down a week after Eli Segal, a former aide to President Bill Clinton, arrived at General Clark's headquarters in Little Rock, Ark., to take charge of the campaign. Aides to the general said Mr. Segal's arrival could have been the source of friction with Mr. Fowler. Mr. Segal issued a statement on...

Wesley Clark's campaign manager quit Tuesday in a dispute over the direction of the Democratic presidential bid, exposing a rift between the former general's Washington-based advisers and his 3-week-old Arkansas campaign team. Donnie Fowler told associates he was leaving over widespread concerns that supporters who used the Internet to draft Clark into the race are not being taken seriously by top campaign advisers. Fowler also complained that the campaign's message and methods are focused too much on Washington, not key states, said two associates who spoke on condition of anonymity. Spokesmen for the campaign declined to comment. Fowler has been...

Wesley Clark's Campaign Manager Quits ... well, well.