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BannonsLiver

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28. I don't disagree
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 07:06 PM
Feb 2017

And DWS was a major mistake. I don't want to minimize that. She was ineffective, and worse, she was divisive.

FWIW, I voted for Buttigeig in the other thread.

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Unfortuately, I think this 'two wings' contest evolved over the last few months. I do not riversedge Feb 2017 #1
i think it was predictable. La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #5
Agree--given the recent history of the past year. riversedge Feb 2017 #20
Also, there are more than 2 wings of the party. People mistakenly lump Obama and Clinton together. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #2
yes. perez support is mainly Obama people. the Clinton people actually seem more split JI7 Feb 2017 #4
i can speak for myself, my belief in obama extends to Perez La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #7
There seems to be an effort to keep "primary wars" going and that extends to any situation KittyWampus Feb 2017 #9
yes, and leaders of our party aided that. La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #11
funny thing is, I loved Obama as President and viewed either Clinton or Sanders as a step down. geek tragedy Feb 2017 #12
IMO, that goes back to putting Clinton-circle Dems to head the DNC. IMO, this was done to help her KittyWampus Feb 2017 #19
I don't think DWS was put there to help anyone get elected or nominated. geek tragedy Feb 2017 #21
Well, Obama pre-Senate was an Community Organizer. Perez is less about President Obama KittyWampus Feb 2017 #25
agreed on the last two points nt geek tragedy Feb 2017 #30
he had a lot on his plate BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #24
I really don't want to come off as being down on him, I want his face on Mt Rushmore. geek tragedy Feb 2017 #27
I don't disagree BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #28
yeah, it's a non-ideological position. geek tragedy Feb 2017 #3
WTF? He was United States Secretary of Labor. Head of a large organization KittyWampus Feb 2017 #6
It's a position that requires knowing how to win elections, recruit candidates, and geek tragedy Feb 2017 #8
neither does running your own campaign. running your own campaign doesn't make you any better La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #13
The DNC does not recruit candidates. That is done at the local level. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #14
recruiting house candidates is most certainly something the national party does. geek tragedy Feb 2017 #17
perez is successful at overseeing a large organization, ellison has never done that La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #22
DNC isn't a large bureaucracy, and if anything it should be less centralized geek tragedy Feb 2017 #26
ok. but nothing in ellison's career points me to resounding experience in this role either La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #31
I'm not sure Ellison would be my first choice of all possible options either. geek tragedy Feb 2017 #32
martin o'malley or a return of howard dean La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #33
the DNC does not run elections. Perez has run a large bureau and that is really the skill needed La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #10
it's not an administrative job, it's a strategic one. geek tragedy Feb 2017 #15
ellison has no idea either how to help others win. he knows how he won himself La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #16
Every candidate is his/her own chief strategist. geek tragedy Feb 2017 #18
Why can't they work together? I don't like the division either, we have seen more than BeckyDem Feb 2017 #23
I agree Progressive dog Feb 2017 #29
I'm ok with all of them except Bernie. fun n serious Feb 2017 #34
Well for reasons only god knows Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #35
Yup. La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #36
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