2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe Countless Failings of The Democratic National Committee (Presidential primary)
There is little to dispute in this article if anything... Read the article and comment. There is plenty to be accounted for as to the management and process of this Presidential Primary Election Contest dating back to before it began...
Hillary Clinton has known for years she would be running for president in 2016. Fundraisers were held on her behalf as early as 2014, before she announced her campaign, as it was well known throughout the Democratic establishment that she would run for president. Unlike Jeb Bush, also an establishment-backed Republican candidate with very wealthy donors, no Democrats in office dared to run against Ms. Clinton. The DNC did not suspect an Independent and three virtually unknown former politicians would contend for the nomination. Aside from clearing out her competition in the primaries, the co-chair to Ms. Clintons failed 2008 campaignDebbie Wasserman Schultz, who is currently the DNC Chairscheduled only six debates compared to the eight scheduled for Republican candidates, and enacted a new rule effectively banning Democratic presidential candidates from participating in any unsanctioned debates." SNIP...
Party leaders (again, thats code for Hillary supporters) have seemingly hosted fewer voter registration drives. Doing so, would, in essence, be drives for Bernie Sanders. In some cases, party leaders are just skipping them altogether in many states and at college campuses, wrote Shaun King (Poster on DU) for The New York Daily News. Hillary must know that low voter turnout actually favors her campaign to get the nomination. She and the political machine are not going to invest the time or money to beat the drums for voter registration because they know full well those are primarily votes she wont receive. SNIP...
When one looks at this picture it is difficult to deny that this is a sad performance by party leadership... We can only hope for better moving forward...
http://observer.com/2016/03/the-countless-failings-of-the-dnc/
pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)DWS's rule
OUCH!!!!
And yet, they still push forward with their losing ways. One would think they don't really want Democrats to win.
Lorien
(31,935 posts)will be the party's downfall. It's up to us to rescue the DNC from these inept conservative corporate hijackers!
CorporatistNation
(2,546 posts)Hmmm?
MisterP
(23,730 posts)there's upsides to losing, just as there's upsides to betting against the US economy or trashing a company and taking its seed money--they're neolibs and corporate raiders
they were RELIEVED to lose the supermajority because now there'd be less pressure to pass bills that'd upset the gravy train even if the mere voters merely needed them to merely survive
so they need a stable of voters who don't pay attention, don't hold you to account, and support you no matter what--unconditional loyalty, like they need in their personal lives
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)feeding into our corrupt political system, and should be a crime.
Faux pas
(14,959 posts)elleng
(133,466 posts)CorporatistNation
(2,546 posts)Yes We Are in BIGG Trouble! Unless Bernie is THE NOMINEE!
elleng
(133,466 posts)BIGG trouble.
Wilms
(26,795 posts)Sounds like a Clinton.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Henry-Mu-oz-s-successes-come-at-the-cost-of-972635.php
CorporatistNation
(2,546 posts)NO Democracy in this format. A result configured by AND for The Ruling OLIGARCHY... By The Self serving Party Apparatchiks such as DWS!