Friday, May 13, 2016

The Small Tent of the Democratic Party

Both the Hillary Clinton and Sanders campaigns had submitted names for consideration on the convention's standing committees, but in January when [DNC Chair Debbie] Wasserman Schultz handed down her final list of 75 nominations — all of whom were approved by the DNC's Executive Committee — nearly all of Sanders' choices had been disregarded.

The Vermont senator had provided the DNC with 45 names — a diverse list that included Sanders supporters ranging from Congressmen Raul Grijalva and Keith Ellison to former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower, a leading progressive populist. Wasserman Schultz picked just three of the 45.

Months of negotiations with the DNC failed to add any additional Sanders supporters on the standing committees, leading Sanders to go public with his grievance last week.

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“I'm not at all concerned that we are going to have a divisive fight at our convention. At our convention we are headed toward unity,” [Wasserman Schultz] said in a conference call with reporters Wednesday. “Both of our candidates have clearly stated that they will support the other one if they were to win the nomination and I would expect that we would go through a platform drafting process that the entire party rallies around. Both of our candidates are going to substantially participate in the drafting of our platform.”

  Politico
Sure.

All the more reason that Bernie Sanders should not roll over to Clinton if she is the Dem nominee, but run on a third party ticket.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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