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Gothmog

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31. Perez did a great job at the DOJ and the voting rights section

Sun Feb 26, 2017, 12:14 PM

Feb 2017

I have met Ellison on a couple of occasions and I like him. I just like Tom Perez a great deal more due to his his work on voting rights. Perez rebuilt the Civil Rights and the voting rights sections of the DOJ. This article was cited on another thread but his quote makes me smile http://prospect.org/article/subtle-force-tom-perez

In October of 2009, Perez was finally confirmed and set out to reform a division in disarray. Under Bush, the division was accused of ousting career prosecutors who were insufficiently conservative and punishing those who didn’t leave. In his early months, it reportedly wasn’t uncommon for staffers to break down in Perez’s office as they recalled the trauma. Within a year, Perez turned around morale and transformed the division into a formidable enforcement machine.

Perez is well suited to fight GOP voter suppression which has to a major part of any DNC efforts

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You want a 50 state strategy or you want a purist party of dems [View all] boston bean Feb 2017 OP

There's more to it than that.... vi5 Feb 2017 #1

Well... that is what you are going to get. You can't change that. You will have a majority for 2-4 boston bean Feb 2017 #3

So there are no blue state Republicans? vi5 Feb 2017 #4

Susan Collins and there are others who do not vote lockstep. boston bean Feb 2017 #6

Collins and Snow are the only ones I can think of... vi5 Feb 2017 #9

many times. I think you just aren't paying attention. boston bean Feb 2017 #12

Again....I get all of that.... vi5 Feb 2017 #20

That message doesn't work in red states. You may want to believe it with all your might, but it boston bean Feb 2017 #22

It appears to me that you are the one brer cat Feb 2017 #29

Snow retired a few years ago....nt 2naSalit Feb 2017 #34

Poliics is constant compromise. Even when we are abolutely, positively correct in what we believe... TreasonousBastard Feb 2017 #2

"Now that their right wing has taken over there are fewer moderates with a voice" vi5 Feb 2017 #5

Gerrymandering plays into this. boston bean Feb 2017 #7

Fine, if it's not "give them more" then I'm o.k. with it... vi5 Feb 2017 #11

As I said, party discipline is important, but... TreasonousBastard Feb 2017 #25

I see this shit about Joe Minchin and how he should be stripped of his leadership seat. Stinky The Clown Feb 2017 #8

It is the Manchin thing.. I do not like that man.. however, primary him.. oust him... NOPE! boston bean Feb 2017 #15

You're Cha Feb 2017 #10

Hi Cha!!!!!!! boston bean Feb 2017 #13

Hey Cha Feb 2017 #19

A look at the 1948 election map might offer some perspective on what is... NNadir Feb 2017 #14

I want politicians who represent their constituents and caucus with us. X_Digger Feb 2017 #16

I think Texas is ripe for the picking Horse with no Name Feb 2017 #26

I always vote for most electable liberal in the primary. aikoaiko Feb 2017 #17

That is what a party does. If they chose people you want, there would be others who aren't happy. boston bean Feb 2017 #18

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I wasn't clear, I meant to write local party leaders decide aikoaiko Feb 2017 #23

letting them run un-opposed needs to stop. mopinko Feb 2017 #28

This is the rare binary choice that reflects reality. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #24

I want fewer batty polls. nt procon Feb 2017 #27

I reject the premise that those are the only options TDale313 Feb 2017 #30

Reality doesn't care what you reject. nt stevenleser Feb 2017 #32

I agree with your perspective... Talk Is Cheap Feb 2017 #33

Yeah, but otherwise.... vi5 Feb 2017 #35

Perez did a great job at the DOJ and the voting rights section Gothmog Feb 2017 #31

You identify a paradigm quaker bill Feb 2017 #36