As just heard on Rachel -- more DNC concessions to BS?

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30. WashPost: & Raw Story--> DNC to offer Sanders a convention concession

DNC to offer Sanders a convention concession

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... story.html



Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at the Nevada State Democratic Party’s convention in Las Vegas. Tension erupted between organizers and supporters. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
By Abby Phillip and Anne Gearan May 19 at 10:36 PM

In an attempt to head off an ugly conflict at its convention this summer, the Democratic National Committee plans to offer a concession to Sen. Bernie Sanders — seats on a key convention platform committee — but it may not be enough to stop Sanders from picking a fight over the party’s policy positions.

Allies of both Clinton and Sanders have urged Democratic leaders to meet some of Sanders’s more mundane demands for greater inclusion at the Philadelphia convention. Their decision to do so is expected to be finalized by the end of the week, according to two people familiar with the discussions. But growing mistrust between Sanders supporters and party leaders have threatened to undermine that effort.

Even with the committee assignments, Sanders plans an aggressive effort to extract platform concessions on key policies that could prompt divisive battles at a moment when front-runner Hillary Clinton will be trying to unify the party. Among other issues, he plans to push for a $15 national minimum wage and argue that the party needs a more balanced position regarding Israel and Palestinians, according to a Sanders campaign aide who requested anonymity to speak candidly.

Much like their view that the economy has been “rigged” to benefit the wealthy more than the middle and working classes, Sanders supporters have become increasingly convinced that national Democrats have stacked the political deck with rules that have made it difficult for Sanders to win enough delegates to threaten Clinton’s nomination. ......................

Party leaders, meanwhile, have grown more frustrated with Sanders, who they say has unfairly fueled that perception.

“I don’t think they’ve handled it very well and I think they’ve lost the moral high ground on this,” said Ken Martin, chairman of Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer Labor Party. “It’s very clear now that the longer they stay in this race the more damage they’re doing.”
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Lets see--DWS agreed to add MORE Sanders memberss (3 already agreed on)--to a 15 member committee!!--or Sanders will blow up the Convention is my reading!!!


http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/dnc-wil ... es-report/

DNC will put Bernie Sanders supporters on key national convention committees: report

Arturo Garcia

19 May 2016 at 22:01 ET

Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential debate on January 17, 2016 (Screenshot)


The Democratic National Committee (DNC) agreed to add more supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to the committee writing the party’s platform, and could do the same for two committees at the party’s national convention, the Washington Post reported.

Committee chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) reportedly agreed to add more Sanders backers to the 15-person drafting committee, after initially appointing three to the group. Sanders, who currently trails former Secretary of state Hillary Clinton in the race for the party’s presidential nomination, had asked for each candidates to have seven supporters on the committee, joined by a “neutral” appointee from Wasserman Schultz.

According to the Post, Sanders also demanded that more of his supporters be placed on convention committees covering credentials and rules, saying that his campaign would take the matter to the convention floor in July otherwise.

Minnesota Democratic-Farmer Labor Party chair Ken Martin, who is supporting Clinton, told the Post that he and several state party leaders urged Wasserman Schultz to meet the demands.

“There are other chairs who probably feel that way and feel like this is my party and f*ck Bernie Sanders,” Martin said. “I’m not one of those. I feel very passionately that we have to open up that party and make sure that those voices are heard.”

The Post reported that negotiations regarding the committee positions could be finalized this week, ................a bite more.