Oh, you activated them, alright…
WASHINGTON — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will become the secretary of the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday, giving her a prominent role in national politics.
The appointment, which has not been formally announced, will give Rawlings-Blake a voice in the party’s national political apparatus at a time when President Barack Obama is beginning his second term and several Democrats — including Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley — are thought to be jockeying for the 2016 nomination.
“My hope is that we can carry forward the momentum of the Obama administration and that we can continue to grow the Democratic Party,” Rawlings-Blake said Monday in Washington, where she was attending Obama’s second inauguration. “It’s about making sure that we activate the majority of the people in the country.”