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Showing Original Post only (View all)Keith Ellison: [View all]
"We don't have the luxury to walk out of this room divided."
A good result with Perez heading and Ellison as deputy.
Now we move forward.
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But there seems to be a few trying really hard to keep up the schtick here on DU.
KittyWampus
Feb 2017
#4
He's absolutely correct. Having the two of them working together as a team...
WePurrsevere
Feb 2017
#6
No, you ain't "heard" nothing except whatever assumptions you got going on in your head..
JHan
Feb 2017
#22
You seem concerned. Please feel free to air more of your concerns, and enjoy your stay. nt
msanthrope
Feb 2017
#118
Correlation does not imply causation. You need to spend more time looking into
stevenleser
Feb 2017
#49
Each issue is different, but one thing is certain, correlation does not imply causation.
stevenleser
Feb 2017
#85
That is not really true...she was a terrible fund raiser and starved the states...
Demsrule86
Feb 2017
#84
So it's "dredging up the past" to consider past failures and how to prevent them
ciaobaby
Feb 2017
#37
We need a plan. We could live with that. Let's see what Perez does, maybe he will start shifting
JudyM
Feb 2017
#39
Wrong...we are not supposed to use right wing sites against fellow Democrats.
Demsrule86
Feb 2017
#122
What do you think the immediate and practical result of refusing money would be to the Democratic pa
LanternWaste
Feb 2017
#156
We lost everything during those years...did you ever think banning the money
Demsrule86
Feb 2017
#123
The passion is not coming from people pushing sanders failed platform but from people against trump
Gothmog
Feb 2017
#71
It serves no good purpose for you to keep treating the Sanders movement with contempt and derision.
Ken Burch
Feb 2017
#96
Of all the posts on this thread, I can't believe this one got alerted on.
Crunchy Frog
Mar 2017
#203
And with that, Keith proved that the suspicion and distrust directed his way was out of line.
Ken Burch
Feb 2017
#19
Wrong. The distrust wasn't toward Keith. It was never about Keith the Man...
NurseJackie
Feb 2017
#83
Very well put, NurseJackie, thank you. I loved Keith's comments after the vote was announced....
George II
Feb 2017
#86
I never really got the impression that "grassroots funding" was one of Keith's issues.
NurseJackie
Feb 2017
#113
I don't accept that you're an insider simply because you've been in office for awhile.
Ken Burch
Feb 2017
#130
And I'm not sure why it seems to be so important to you to label every possible candidate an insider
Ken Burch
Feb 2017
#132
You're assuming that Keith was CALLING for the party to reject the Obama legacy.
Ken Burch
Feb 2017
#138
I strongly disagree with your analysis and conclusions but you are getting off track
Gothmog
Feb 2017
#141
Great post-real life is very different from amusing posts on an internet board
Gothmog
Feb 2017
#157
To clarify my intent...I was talking about two DIFFERENT constituencies in that post. My bad.
Ken Burch
Feb 2017
#160
If we assume we only lost because of racism or irrational hatred of Hillary,
BainsBane
Mar 2017
#167
Oh, please! BainsBane wasn't being hostile. It was being direct and blunt and not mincing words.
NurseJackie
Mar 2017
#168
That really depends on how you define the word "harm", doesn't it? Based on ...
NurseJackie
Mar 2017
#193
I accepted that Perez has won. Nothing I said in the post you just responded to was about Perez.
Ken Burch
Mar 2017
#189
I've worked on campaigns for decades. I've worked on ground game for decades
Ken Burch
Mar 2017
#177
tbh I don't want to make this about this singular issue because it's a side track..
JHan
Mar 2017
#198
After you have worked on some campaigns in the real world, things look differently
Gothmog
Mar 2017
#188
Again, after you have worked on some campaigns in the real world you will have a different viewpoint
Gothmog
Mar 2017
#194
Thanks for posting this. These are ideas and observations that have been swirling in my brain ...
NurseJackie
Mar 2017
#181
+1, Alan Dershowitz shown what a petty little man he was when he injected his rhetoric into this
ck4829
Feb 2017
#150
I have heard that Tom and Keith are friends and the deputy move was in the works no matter who won
Gothmog
Feb 2017
#79
But Perez is the one in charge, right? Deputy chair is not a "co-chair" with equal powers and ...
NurseJackie
Feb 2017
#114
I've got a great idea: If you like Keith, then pay attention to what he advocates, and do it!
NBachers
Feb 2017
#111
I thought Perez did the right thing, they're both progressive and both sincere.
BeckyDem
Feb 2017
#117