Sanders crashes into Democratic Party wall

[KamaAina]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/bernie-sanders-dnc-rules-committee-222978#ixzz48iIq8LBK

After piling up millions of votes and wins in 19 states, Bernie Sanders and his supporters are beginning to lay out their expectations for the Democratic National Convention — and they’re expressing deep frustration with what they see as a wall of party resistance.

The most recent flare-up occurred last week, when Sanders publicly released a letter to Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz accusing her of stacking the deck against him on the convention's standing committees. “[W]e are prepared to mobilize our delegates to force as many votes as necessary to amend the platform and rules on the floor of the convention," wrote Sanders, several days after a tense phone conversation with the chairwoman.

According to a Sanders official with knowledge of the call, the senator demanded more representation on the committees but Wasserman Schultz would only assure him that he would have representation. A DNC spokesman declined to characterize the conversation and would only confirm that it took place....

Both the Hillary Clinton and Sanders campaigns had submitted names for consideration on the convention's standing committees, but in January when 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.

http://www.timcanova.com

[Kittycat]

1. Kick & Rec for no signs of DNC Unity

Clearly that's not a goal for DWS or HRC

[politicaljunkie41910]

2. Well so much for that list of demands.

According to a Sanders official with knowledge of the call, the senator demanded more representation on the committees but Wasserman Schultz would only assure him that he would have representation. A DNC spokesman declined to characterize the conversation and would only confirm that it took place....

Typical guest. How Rude!!!! According to the linked article, that list was handed down back in January, in private. Sanders is the one who decided to air his grievances publicly. Apparently he believes that his position has grown stronger as his chances of winning the nomination have grown less, not more.

Good for her. She didn't succumb to his demands. She's seems to know something about playing Hardball. I like her.

[Thinkingabout]

3. It is a mutual feeling perhaps, all demands and no negotiating.

[msongs]

4. un-democrat for 73 yrs and now he wants everyone to cater to his every whim. not likely nt

[Hydra]

5. This is the fracture becoming more evident

"We're in charge here."
"We have votes you need."
"Votes? How...quaint. We used to need those."

[NanceGreggs]

6. Who'da thunk it?

A man who has disparaged the Democratic Party for decades, who then wanted to run on the Dem ticket because he needed the media attention, who then went on to continue to demean the Party, complained endlessly about the rules he'd agreed to follow, didn't live up to his pledge to support down-ticket Democrats, sued the DNC, and let his surrogates call Democrats "whores" and the Dem front-runner "unqualified" for the office of POTUS is NOW poutraged that he is not being catered-to?

If BS is at all surprised that he's not being kow-towed to by the very people (and Party) he has continually demeaned and disgraced, that pretty much says it all about his competence to be POTUS.

If he didn't see a - shall we say less-than-enthusiastic reception coming from the Party, he obviously lacks the intelligence to govern a nation.