Abortion-rights group’s chief eyeing top Dem Party job?

The president of the abortion-rights group NARAL appears to be taking a step toward joining the race to serve as the chair of the Democratic National Committee, Politico reported.

{mosads}Ilyse Hogue said in an email set to go out Monday to DNC members that the group has an important role to play following the 2016 election and said she has been encouraged to jump into the race.

“I believe the DNC has a critical role to play in regrouping after 2016, one that fully embraces the [Paul] Wellstone triad approach to change: public policy that reflects peoples’ needs, grassroots organizing that honors peoples’ lived experience, and an electoral strategy that brings both to bear to ensure victory,” Hogue wrote in the email.

“The DNC can be not just a force every two years at election time, but also a daily presence in peoples’ lives, relevant in policy discussions and responsive to ideas and concerns of people where they live.”

Hogue said in her email that “fighting [President-elect Donald] Trump’s agenda has to be a top priority for the party.”

“Fighting Wall Street greed and protecting women’s fundamental rights aren’t at odds, they’re intertwined,” she wrote.

“Recognizing these intersections will be critical to build momentum from the outset for the hard policy fights and for electoral accountability come mid-terms. Diversity is our strength and must be our aspiration and our future.”

Hogue, who supported Hillary Clinton in the presidential race, wrote that the Democratic Party has no time to waste.

“Through their appointments, statements, and associations, the Trump Administration has already proven our worst fears about their racist, corrupt, chaotic, and damaging agenda to be true, even before they arrive at the White House,” she wrote.