Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe criticized his successor, Howard Dean, on Wednesday, saying that he should stop launching personal attacks on Republicans and "always keep it to the issues."
Asked what advice he had for Dean, McAuliffe told Fox News Radio's Tony Snow: "I just think that sometimes you have to be, obviously, careful about how you say things."
The ex-DNC chief added, "I was one of the most partisan chairman ever, but you know what? I never made it personal."
McAuliffe said his replacement was wrong to boycott the Fox News Channel, which Dean described on Monday as a "propaganda outlet" for the GOP.
"We ought to put people on Fox every day," McAuliffe told Snow.
"There are certain people in the [Democratic] party who say, 'Oh, Fox is right wing - blah, blah, blah.' My point is that there are a lot of listeners who you have right now, Tony, who have an open mind, who may consider voting for the Democrats. But if we're not on the air and on television putting our plan out there, then you're ceding the entire playing field."
McAuliffe went so far as to pledge that Hillary Clinton will appear with conservative hosts on Fox if she decides to run for president, telling Snow: "If she's the nominee of the Democratic Party, I promise you she will go on your show - she'll go everywhere. She loves to engage in the battle."
"There are many swing voters who listen and watch Fox TV, whom we and the Democrats - if we're gonna win the this national election - those voters we need," he added.
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