Bernie Sanders
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I've been wondering what kind of shenanigans DWS/HRC/DNC would try and pull at the Conventions. Looks like the shenanigans are already beginning.
http://thebernreport.com/sanders-tells-dnc-chair-not-to-stack-convention-deck-in-favor-of-clinton/
Sanders Tells DNC Chair Not to Stack Convention Deck in Favor of Clinton
Posted by G.A. Casebeer 52 minutes ago
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday urged Democratic Party Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz not to stack the committees that will draft the rules and lay out the party platform at this summers Democratic National Convention.
In a letter to the party chairwoman, Sanders said the makeup of the standing committees should reflect the relative level of support that he and Hillary Clinton received in primaries and caucuses. So far, Sanders has won about 45 percent of the pledged delegates. Both campaigns deserve a say at the convention this July in Philadelphia, the senator said.
Under party rules, Wasserman Schultz recommends 25 at-large appointments to the partys executive committee for each of the three standing committees; rules, platform and credentials. Wasserman Schultz has forwarded only three of 40 names the Sanders campaign recommended for the key committees while installing Clinton loyalists in leading roles. Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy was put in charge of the Platform Committee, for example, and former Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts was tapped to head the Rules Committee.
Sanders called Malloy and Frank aggressive attack surrogates for Clinton. He doubted that either would conduct committee proceeding in an even-handed manner and said the appointments of the two Clinton loyalists suggests the standing committees are being established in an overtly partisan way meant to exclude the input of the voters who have supported my candidacy.
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HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)But DWS excluding Sanders representation on committees will only further divide the party and make a divorce inevidable.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)10---9---8----
Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)She will put a few 'token' Sanders delegates on the committees and the rest will be the most establishment Clinton delegates. If Hillary had any political sense, she would demand that at least 45% of the delegates be Sanders supporters. But, good will hasn't been a focus of political campaigns for quite some time. There is a reason businesses include good will when they determine worth.
Blue Meany
(1,947 posts)They eventually compromised on the issue of the Michigan and Florida delegates, but it was not the outcome Hillary was hoping for.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)jillan
(39,451 posts)And approx 9 million less registered Democrats.
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oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)is not stacking anything
If clinton had any sense she would incorporate Senator Sanders issues into the platform.
Melissa G
(10,170 posts)Sanders delegates complained and balance on committees was restored that was more indicative of the vote count.
Committee proceedings matter if we want to rid our party of problems like Lobbyist Superdelegates!
FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)We are right behind you. End Clintonism Now
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)must be a vital part of the progressive movement.