Clinton sidelines DWS, puts union official in charge of DNC's operations

[geek tragedy]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/16/politics/hillary-clinton-campaign-dnc/index.html

Hillary Clinton's campaign is taking the reins of the Democratic National Committee, installing a new top official on Thursday to oversee the party's day-to-day operations through the general election.

Brandon Davis, national political director for the Service Employees International Union, will become the general election chief of staff for the Democratic Party. His selection formalizes the coordination of the Clinton campaign and the committee, a stark contrast to Donald Trump who is currently at odds with his party.

Robby Mook, the Clinton campaign manager, arrived Thursday morning at Democratic headquarters on Capitol Hill to introduce Davis to the party's staff.



"We have a lot of work to do over the next five months to make sure that Donald Trump does not become president," Mook said as he introduced Davis, according to a person in the room. "With so much at stake in this election, we could not ask for a better partner in that mission than the team here."

Bye bye Debbie.

Wasserman Schultz welcomed Mook and Davis to party headquarters on Thursday morning. While she will remain in her position as the party's chairwoman, at least through the convention next month in Philadelphia, her role diminishes with the Clinton campaign's takeover of the committee.

I think we all can agree this is a good thing.

[LexVegas]

1. Fitting. Clinton will transition into the party's leader, and DWS is Obama's appointee. nt

[geek tragedy]

4. this is rather ironic, as the Clinton choice is clearly better than DWS nt

[NCTraveler]

2. K&R nt

[Agnosticsherbet]

3. As nominee, Clinton is the head of the party.

[BobbyDrake]

5. I would think it's still Obama until at least the election, if not inauguration. nt

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7. period of transition. nt

[BootinUp]

6. Its SOP. Nothing unusal at all. nt

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8. well, having someone competent running the DNC will be a departure from the past few years nt

[BootinUp]

10. Its always easy to criticize from the outside

I have yet to see anything that really justifies it.

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13. DWS bungled things in dealing with Sanders.

some of the stuff she said in public was not appropriate for the DNC head to be saying.

[BootinUp]

14. If there is one thing we have learned, its that Sanders and his campaign

are pretty impossible. But opinions vary.

[TwilightZone]

15. Yep, as Howard Dean noted, happens every time we have a new nominee.

[Rex]

9. This is a good thing.

[Wellstone ruled]

11. This is major my friends.

DWS was and never was ready for Prime Time,to darn much baggage. Smart move on Clinton's part,and we are seeing a transition to getting the job done with those who do and will get the vote out. What a switch,Democratic Party asking their most snubbed group to fix and cleanup another Third Way mess. You can count on this Household being at the Local Teamster Hall phone banking once again.


Yes,we retired Union folks will make a difference when it comes to get out the vote. Union Yes!!!!!!!

[DCBob]

12. Excellent!

Sounds like good choice in Davis.

[CorkySt.Clair]

16. I wonder how long it will take Sanders devotees to vilify her?

I give it 36 hours tops.

[JudyM]

17. She was brought to heel pretty quickly on Bernie's first demand.

Lighten up, it's humorous.

[Warren DeMontague]

18. Some people here think DWS is great, and are OUTRAGEEED that anyone criticizes her, ever.

It must be that they agree with her stand on throwing sick people in prison for using medical marijuana, or payday lending, or something.