DWS to 36 States: "You're Doing It Wrong."

[pat_k]

Debbie Wasserman Schultz on MSNBC just said she doesn't want Independents and Republicans choosing the Democratic Nominee. Only registered members of Our Party should be voting in the DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRIMARY

Source

36 states have a Democratic primary or caucus that is:
-- Completely open to all registered voters.
-- Open to registered Democrats and unaffiliated voters.
-- Open only to registered Democrats, but voter can change on the same day.

So, Debbie Wasserman Schultz just told 36 states: "You're doing it wrong."

On Edit: If you're interested in remaining elections by type:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511885105

[jfern]

1. Some states don't even have party registration

[pat_k]

3. Or no formal registration system at all (ND)

North Dakota has no formal registration system at all. You do need to show Drivers license, non-driver ID, or tribal ID at the polls.

[mooseprime]

2. and who

could possibly be a more qualified expert on doing it wrong than DWS? as long as we do 180 degrees opposite of everything she says, we might be ok

[Dragonfli]

5. As the DNC leader she has managed to accomplish historic losses in every election in Congress.

A 180° change in decision making during her tenure may have meant we would still be controlling both houses of Congress.

I think you are on to something, she may well have been the worst person to do the job ever given it. That is quite the accomplishment!

[cui bono]

17. ...

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[pat_k]

31. Oh, thank you!

I love that scene. And it's perfect here.

[cui bono]

36. =)

[alittlelark]

4. DWS - u are deluded....

n/t.

[Lizzie Poppet]

6. Piss off, Debbie DINO.

Want closed primaries for the party? Fine. Pay for them. Not one cent of public funding for closed elections...

[pacalo]

7. As a woman, I'm embarrassed at her leadership style.

[seabeyond]

10. She has taken a lot of shit from Sanders and stood tall. Good job. Nt

[AgingAmerican]

14. He wants to discuss issues

Which in Hillary-land means sling poop

[seabeyond]

15. He has not been discussing issues. He has been doing the RW smear job.

[cui bono]

20. And if there's anyone who knows about RW smear jobs...

such as painting him as a racist for white men only... and others red baiting him... oh and the anti-semite dog whistles... oh wait, those aren't RW smear jobs at all! Those were from Dems. Some of them were Dems pretending to be Sanders supporters too!

Yay! That's so nice.

As to what you said about Bernie... prove it or stop continuing to try to smear him.

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[seabeyond]

22. He should have listened to us, shouldn't he have?

[frylock]

27. #bowdownbernie

[jfern]

16. Great job having Democrats get their asses kicked hard in 2014

[seabeyond]

19. Not the first in mid term, won't be the last. We do need to work on that. Nt

[lancer78]

33. Dean did great in 2006 n/t

[Ash_F]

18. This is the same person that shot down regulation of predatory payday lenders.

[seabeyond]

8. Sanders to Democrats. Doing EVERYTHING wrong, tweedleDUM.

[cui bono]

21. Why do you hate a good man so much? This OP has nothing to do with him.

He stands up for women's rights more than Hillary does. She's the one who said she's willing to compromise on a woman's right to control her own body. As a 'feminist' why don't you support the candidate who actually supports your issues?

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[berni_mccoy]

26. All you have to do is look at that posters Transparency page to see there is no sanity

In what he/she says.

[cui bono]

37. Yeah, I saw a lot of evidence of that when they were a Bernie "supporter".

wink wink.

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[Progressive dog]

9. At least NY knows why political parties exist,

there would be no point in having one if they stood for nothing other than voters' whims of the day.

[Hydra]

11. I just have to laugh

"Quit doing it that way! It's getting us a result we don't want!"

[pat_k]

28. It is absurd.

The opinion itself is bad enough, but what's even worse is how clueless she is. I really think she has no idea that a majority of the states are open to all, or open to Dem + unaffiliated.

[Trajan]

12. So, this is just Debbie's opinion? ...

States establish their own rules, (unfortunately), and this has been since forever ...

Thankfully, Debbie Wasserman Shultz's opinion doesn't mean squat ....

[Uncle Joe]

13. How do you spell entropy? D E B B I E W A S S E R M A N S C H U L T Z.

Thanks for the thread, pat_k.

[pat_k]

25. Love it!

[Garrett78]

23. I'm no fan of DWS.

But open primaries (and caucuses just in general) are problematic. There will no doubt be manipulative, disingenuous people voting even though they have no intention of ever supporting the person for whom they are voting. Obviously people would see a benefit in the opposition having a close, hard-fought battle for the nomination.

[MisterP]

24. again, *this is how they're approaching the GE*: they've been so swaddled and isolated

that the only way they can protect themselves is to reinforce the safe space/sandbox: they're trying desperately to shut everything out, but as everyone points out, they can't make the GE closed!

they thought they didn't need to prepare long-term, didn't think they'd get a challenger, didn't even expect that there could BE challenge to a system that's serving Democrats just fine--they're still getting votes, aren't they?

the massive 2010-4 dump was a fluke: their plan was PERFECT, it's not their fault that the voters didn't go for it!

[Betty Karlson]

29. Debbie needs to go. Third Way is a dead end.

[Warren DeMontague]

30. this is the woman who votes to put medical marijuana users in prison.

I don't really give a fuck what she thinks anymore.

[Aerows]

32. I don't know how anybody

could make the claim that this Democratic Primary has been run competently.

I think in some respects, I'm being generous to say "Never attribute malice to that which is pure incompetence".

Damn.

[sacto95834]

34. So this is the message to Independents?

In the primary you tell Independents, the largest voting block, you don't have any choice of who the nominee will be.

Then in the General, you want them to vote for the nominee after telling Independents they had no right to choose. Think about that?

Really? What a way to build the party for the future. DWS has got to go.

[Scuba]

35. Debbie's Record ...

Lost a bunch of House seats, the Senate, 12 governorships and over 900 state seats while Chair of the DNC
Supported Republicans over Democrats in two Florida districts
Conceded entire districts to the Louis Gohmerts and Joni Ernsts of this world by abandoning the 50-state strategy
Supported a Republican retread for the Florida Democratic Party Gubernatorial candidate (he lost to Rick Scott, again)
Undermined President Obama's treaty with Iran
Shilled for the private prison industry
Shilled for the booze industry
Shilled for the payday loan industry
Blamed the voters for her failures





The "leader" of the DNC.