The Two Democratic Victors

[elleng]

And how the unions can bring them together.

'Hillary Clinton has won the Democratic nomination for president, while Bernie Sanders has won the party’s battle of ideas. That may be cold comfort to the Sanders faithful, but it shouldn’t be: He clearly has transformed both the Democrats and the substance of American liberalism.

The challenge now facing the party, at its forthcoming convention and beyond, is how to build on both victories.'>>>

http://prospect.org/article/two-democratic-victors

[Hiraeth]

1. How. Indeed. I can not see a clear pathway and I have misplaced my machete.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Well, they both know how to negotiate...

So they'll work on it.

It will be a very interesting summer campaign.

[Scootaloo]

3. Erm...

I'm not actually certain of Clinton's negotiating skills. Or rather, I'm not certain she understands what side of the table she's supposed to be on. For example:

Labor: "We want $15 an hour!"
Clinton: "You'll take $12."

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. That's up to Bernie and Hillary. And time will tell! n/t

[unc70]

6. Elizabeth Warren seems key

Tonight on RM, while she was endorsing Clinton as the presumptive nominee, Warren was enthusiastic about the Sanders platform items. Adding Warren's leadership and strong voice to the arguments for a progressive platform might be enough to keep Clinton from being able to slide back into her comfort zone in the "middle".

[Scootaloo]

7. We'll see, I suppose.

[azurnoir]

9. ......

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512169014#post8

[Scootaloo]

11. I picked a hell of a day to stop sniffing glue. n/t

[Maru Kitteh]

5. I think great progress has already been made, of course the unions are always a welcome force

for you know, unity.

[azurnoir]

8. that will be hard because the DNC would only allow one labor rep at the platform committee

and it was Hillary's

When the Democratic National Committee announced that Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont would get to pick five of the 15 people who'll write the party platform, it was seen as a small coup. But at a news conference today, Sanders revealed that the DNC had actually vetoed his nomination of a key labor ally, and said he was told not to pick anyone else from the labor movement.

“What we heard from the DNC was that they did not want representatives of labor unions on the platform-drafting committee,” he said. “That’s correct.”

Yesterday, Wall Street Journal reporter Peter Nicholas was the first to report that Sanders had included RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of National Nurses United, on his list of preferred platform committee members. "He told me that he really wanted me on the committee to advocate for Medicare for All, especially," DeMoro told The Washington Post today.

In an interview Wednesday, DNC platform committee spokeswoman Dana Vickers Shelley confirmed that the DNC had not wanted labor leaders on the platform drafting committee, limiting labor's presence to Paul Booth of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees union.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/06/01/sanders-dnc-vetoed-union-leader-pick-for-platform-committee/

[Scootaloo]

12. That... just blows my fucking mind.

DNC platform committee spokeswoman Dana Vickers Shelley confirmed that the DNC had not wanted labor leaders on the platform drafting committee

I would love to hear some sort of rational explanation for this. I don't think one will be forthcoming.

[senz]

10. There sure are a lot of elephants in the "unity" room

and I don't mean of the GOP variety.

[pat_k]

13. kick 'n' rec (nt)