2016 Postmortem

Surya Gayatri

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30. Excellent and encouraging developments:

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Sun Jun 26, 2016, 03:05 AM

Jun 2016

These are significant accomplishments that move our party firmly toward justice, fairness, and inclusion.”

Thank you platform committee, every one of you--Clinton appointees, DWS appointees, and Sanders appointees.

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Keith Ellison calls Dem platform “strongest progressive statement to come from Dem party in years" [View all] bigtree Jun 2016 OP

That is counter to the narrative from some who implied a lot of disharmony that occurred still_one Jun 2016 #1

from this establishment progressive Muslim bigtree Jun 2016 #5

Yes, and it also imples that ALL parties on that committee worked together still_one Jun 2016 #9

of course they did bigtree Jun 2016 #12

People have to work together to get things done still_one Jun 2016 #15

yes bigtree Jun 2016 #19

wow, I don't believe I have heard it expressed so well still_one Jun 2016 #21

Lol. The TPP statement is actually very encouraging! Hortensis Jun 2016 #42

No sense, indeed. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #27

Again, thank you Sen. Sanders morningfog Jun 2016 #17

I read that too. sheshe2 Jun 2016 #7

Disharmony may have been resolved to enable Ellison to make this statement, elleng Jun 2016 #8

I think it speaks to the fact the the committee worked together. Bernie made a similar still_one Jun 2016 #10

Yes. elleng Jun 2016 #16

Some people revel in every rumor of disagreement and dissension under the big Democratic tent. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #28

Thank you Senator Sanders. morningfog Jun 2016 #2

It wouldn't have happened without him Cooley Hurd Jun 2016 #6

+1 merrily Jun 2016 #33

Great. Full throated Hillary endorsements should be forthcoming soon oasis Jun 2016 #3

Not from me. Not ever. Endorsements mean I support her political program, which I do not. JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #20

This just can't be. What alternate universe are we in???!! BootinUp Jun 2016 #4

Excellent but Kennedy gave us 10 yrs to get to moon so why 35 to clean energy? George Eliot Jun 2016 #11

The global oil glut and crash, due to fracking, was the worst thing possible for that cause. Socal31 Jun 2016 #18

Thirty years? How serious is that? We could stop fracking next week. George Eliot Jun 2016 #26

Good to hear. sheshe2 Jun 2016 #13

oh my god. aren't we all just the grooviest. Hiraeth Jun 2016 #14

Even Raul Grijalva and Keith Ellison get "it" cosmicone Jun 2016 #22

Bernie Sanders deserves MAJOR credit for this. Triana Jun 2016 #23

ffs, most of that has been championed by Hillary for years bigtree Jun 2016 #24

Thank you for the dose of reality. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #29

FFS you are so right! Her Sister Jun 2016 #35

Absolutely right! BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #36

If that's true then why is Ellison saying: Triana Jun 2016 #39

Clinton was not 'against' $15 min. wage bigtree Jun 2016 #41

+1 merrily Jun 2016 #34

k&r DesertRat Jun 2016 #25

Excellent and encouraging developments: Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #30

What's sad is that a lot of that was in the platform already. joshcryer Jun 2016 #31

What 'voting reforms'? NT Eric J in MN Jun 2016 #32

“strongest progressive statement to come from Dem party in years" workinclasszero Jun 2016 #37

DU rec... SidDithers Jun 2016 #38

Hillary and Dems are killing it!! K&R! JTFrog Jun 2016 #40