Van Hollen tapped to lead DCCC

Time will tell, but at the moment this looks like a really good choice:

Incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will tap Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) to "chair the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for the 2008 campaign cycle," reports Roll Call.

"While Van Hollen was seen as a favorite in the race to replace outgoing Chairman Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), who said he would not serve another term, the Maryland lawmaker is not viewed as a Pelosi loyalist."

In terms of his voting record, he is rated is 90% on Progressive Punch, which is pretty solid. He is the 40th most progressive member of the House of Representatives (note this is the 109th Congress). Hopefully he will listen to the grassroots and the movement as he crafts a strategy and a game plan for extending the Democratic majority in the House in 2008.