Here it comes, kids. DWS pushes repressive NEW RULES . [View all]

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http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/democrats-consider-new-rules-avoid-convention-chaos

PHILADELPHIA – Still reeling from the chaos surrounding last weekend’s Nevada Democratic State Convention, party officials considered new guidelines Friday that would bar interruptions of any kind at upcoming state conventions.

Last week’s unrest was on everyone’s mind at a meeting here of State Democratic Party chairmen, who rallied around Roberta Lange, the Nevada chair who has received death threats from supporters of Bernie Sanders.

“Any one of us could be Roberta one day,” Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said. “But none of us are going to stand for it.”

In a speech dedicated almost entirely to projecting confidence that the party will ultimately unify, Wasserman Schultz drew on her experience as a die-hard Hillary Clinton supporter in 2008.

“To say that I was not very well-liked by then-Sen. Obama’s supporters would be an understatement. Despised might be more accurate,” Wasserman Schultz said. “I share that story with you because I want to remind everyone that we have been down this road before.”

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The guidelines called for cost sharing for extra security, more meetings to hammer out issues ahead of time and for senior officials with both campaigns to be on the floor of the convention to help reign in supporters if need be..... conventions should proceed “without interruption or interference of any manner,” including “auditory or visual distractions.”

Jaxon Ravens, the chairman of the Washington State Party, added that party officials should take extra safety and security precautions at state party offices. Several party chairs stood to publicly thank Lange. “It’s not about Nevada any more, it’s about all of us,” she replied.