Keith Ellison Supporters Warn Of Fallout If He Loses DNC Chair Race

[Blue_Tires]

50. So now we're about mafia-style threats, extortion and reprisals?

And of all the things, THAT is the fucking hill they want to die on?

Never before have I seen so many people with a stake in what has mostly been a ceremonial and symbolic office... I've said repeatedly that some people seem VERY interested in making this as drawn out and as contentious as possible

Here is the list of some not-so-illustrious predecessors:

Chairman and (state)—Democratic Term
Robert E. Hannegan (Mo.) 1944–1947
J. Howard McGrath (R.I.) 1947–1949
William M. Boyle, Jr. (Mo.) 1949–1951
Frank E. McKinney (Ind.) 1951–1952
Stephen A. Mitchell (Ill.) 1952–1954
Paul M. Butler (Ind.) 1955–1960
Henry M. Jackson (Wash.) 1960–1961
John M. Bailey (Conn.) 1961–1968
Lawrence F. O'Brien (Mass.) 1968–1969
Fred R. Harris (Okla.) 1969–1970
Lawrence F. O'Brien (Mass.) 1970–1972
Jean Westwood (Utah) 1972
Robert S. Strauss (Tex.) 1972–1977
Kenneth M. Curtis (Maine) 1977
John C. White (Tex.) 1977–1981
Charles T. Manatt (Calif.) 1981–1985
Paul G. Kirk Jr. (Mass.) 1985–1989
Ronald H. Brown (D.C.) 1989–1993
David Wilhelm (Ill.) 1993–1994
Christopher J. Dodd (Conn.) 1995–1996
Steven Grossman (Mass.) 1996–1999
Joe Andrew (Ind.) 1999–2001
Terry McAuliffe (Va.) 2001–2005
Howard Dean (Vt.) 2005–2009
Tim Kaine (Va.) 2009–2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.) 2011–16

http://www.infoplease.com/us/government/democratic-committee-chairs.html