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    2/25/2017 2:49 pm  #1

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    Democratic National Committee 2017 Winter Meeting

    Democratic National Committee 2017 Winter Meeting

    The Democratic National Committee met to elect its new leadership, including a new party chair.

    Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg has dropped out of the race. He did not endorse anyone.

    The first vote was was

    Perez 213.5
    Ellison 200
    Boynton Brown 12
    Buttigieg 1
    Greene .5

    Perez was one vote short!

    A second round of voting is under way now.
     

     “We hold these truths to be self-evident,”  former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”

     
     

    2/25/2017 5:33 pm  #2

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    I guess Perez won. A far better option than Ellison but after watching a bit of the candidate's debate the other night, the Mayor of South Bend (Buttigeg?) would have been my choice.

    I think you're going to see a lot of different United States of America over the next three, four, or eight years. - President Donald J. Trump
     

    2/26/2017 9:33 am  #3

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    The Sanders arm of the DNC are really upset again. Perez announced right after the vote that Ellison is the "co-chair" of the DNC to try and ease the upset. People are very unhappy with the "establishment' on both sides.

     “We hold these truths to be self-evident,”  former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”

     
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    2/26/2017 9:38 am  #4

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    Yes, there is tension between the two wings of the party.
    It was a classy move for Perez to offer the position to Ellison.
    Smart too.

    I'm giving Perez the benefit of the doubt.
    Child of immigrants. Graduate of Brown, where he helped pay his way working as a trash collector and in the Dining hall. Went on to Harvard, and then a distinguished career of service.
    He looks like good people.

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    We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
     

    2/26/2017 9:54 am  #5

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    The Sanders arm of the DNC are really upset again. -  Common

    I'm part of that arm, and I'm not upset.
     

     

    2/26/2017 11:15 am  #6

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    Just Fred wrote:

    The Sanders arm of the DNC are really upset again. -  Common

    I'm part of that arm, and I'm not upset.
     

     

    Yeah Fred, but Common and others of his ilk will be upset because you are not upset.

     

    2/27/2017 9:08 am  #7

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    At the end of the day, electoral wins and significant change at the state and local level won't come from the DNC, but from communities and activists, and individuals with the guts to put themselves out there and run for office.

    I say focus less on national organizations and more on the people in your own communities who are making a difference.

    I think you're going to see a lot of different United States of America over the next three, four, or eight years. - President Donald J. Trump
     

    2/27/2017 10:23 am  #8

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    Sorry to inform you Fred and Rongone, but Common is correct that the Sanders part of the party is really upset.  Unless the following story by CNN is fake news:

    http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/25/politics/dnc-chair-vote-progressives-angry-ellison-perez/index.html

     

    2/27/2017 10:33 am  #9

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    Brady Bunch wrote:

    Sorry to inform you Fred and Rongone, but Common is correct that the Sanders part of the party is really upset.  Unless the following story by CNN is fake news:

    http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/25/politics/dnc-chair-vote-progressives-angry-ellison-perez/index.html

    Thanks Brady..... still lots of raging here. It will calm down soon.

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    2/27/2017 10:39 am  #10

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    TheLagerLad wrote:

    At the end of the day, electoral wins and significant change at the state and local level won't come from the DNC, but from communities and activists, and individuals with the guts to put themselves out there and run for office.

    I say focus less on national organizations and more on the people in your own communities who are making a difference.

    Agreed.
    The party's future starts at the state and local government

    We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
     

     

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