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Showing Original Post only (View all)Sanders fails to oust Clinton backers from convention roles [View all]
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a9a368ce98164309aa0a3f4cd74ad6c8/sanders-fails-oust-clinton-backers-convention-rolesWASHINGTON (AP) Democratic officials have rejected Bernie Sanders' request to remove two high-profile Hillary Clinton supporters from leadership positions at the party's summer convention.
Sanders' presidential campaign said in a letter Friday to the Democratic National Committee that Dannel Malloy, Connecticut's governor, and Barney Frank, a former Massachusetts congressman, couldn't be relied upon to perform their roles "fairly and capably while laboring under such deeply held bias."
Malloy is Platform Committee co-chairman. Frank is co-chairman of the Rules Committee.
Democratic officials responded to Sanders' request on Saturday, saying in a letter that Malloy and Frank were elected under party rules and that Sanders wasn't alleging any violations of that process.
The DNC says it reviewed the challenge, found it failed to meet the criteria and "we are compelled to dismiss it."
Sanders' presidential campaign said in a letter Friday to the Democratic National Committee that Dannel Malloy, Connecticut's governor, and Barney Frank, a former Massachusetts congressman, couldn't be relied upon to perform their roles "fairly and capably while laboring under such deeply held bias."
Malloy is Platform Committee co-chairman. Frank is co-chairman of the Rules Committee.
Democratic officials responded to Sanders' request on Saturday, saying in a letter that Malloy and Frank were elected under party rules and that Sanders wasn't alleging any violations of that process.
The DNC says it reviewed the challenge, found it failed to meet the criteria and "we are compelled to dismiss it."
2/2 for Failed Stunts this week.
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If BS wanted to run again in four to eight years from now (because his health is good)...
dubyadiprecession
May 2016
#2
As I joked earlier, he's ok putting five of his campaign surrogates on the committee, but objected
TwilightZone
May 2016
#5
Yay!!!!! ....but I get the feeling BS is gonna try to get a lot of attention the next 10 days!
Her Sister
May 2016
#8
Hey, he has some pledged delegates, he has a few super delegates, he is running second in a two
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#14
That's right.. he's got some conniving plan hatching... bet the Dems are smarter than burnie.
Cha
May 2016
#19
I'm hoping that once he drops out, the Dems will take more of his power away, since
anotherproletariat
May 2016
#21
Good. However, I am sure he got the publicity he wanted, just like the stunt he pulled in
still_one
May 2016
#22