David Pollak resigned Friday as co-chair of the NY State Democratic Party. According to the Albany Times Union, he will serve instead as "director of new voter outreach."

In the absence of hard facts, the speculation on why Dave resigned could get very interesting. We all cheered when he was named co-chair, seeing his appointment as a confirmation that the grass roots progressive movement had "arrived." While I feel that Dave is perfectly suited to his new role, I view his stepping down from the co-chair position (which certainly wasn't entirely voluntary) as a slap in the face to the grass roots.

I won't speculate on the behind-the-scenes machinations that led to Dave's resignation until I have some verifiable facts. Feel free, however, to post any hard information here.