JUST got a solicitation e-mail from DWS,

[elleng]

saying 'I can't believe it,' re: repug debate.

Told her I contribute DIRECTLY to Martin O'Malley, whom I look forward to seeing at our DEBATES, few and far between that they are.

[bvf]

1. Good for you,

but do you really think it will register?

[jfern]

2. If 2 vice DNC chairs don't register, nothing will

[elleng]

3. SURELY won't if I don't say it.

[bvf]

9. Well, there's that.

I didn't mean to come across as such a downer just now.

Hopefully it will register--and again, good for you for saying what you did. I tend to be quite the cynic, and sometimes it can take a toll.

[roguevalley]

18. I got one too. I shall write an insert letter for them and send my money to Bernie

[Samantha]

4. Good for you, elleng

Recommended.

Sam

[ChiciB1]

5. I Got Two From Her, But I Actually Got A Questionnaire Asking

me why I wasn't donating or renewing my DNC membership. In the process of giving them an EARFUL!
The nerve!

[merrily]

6. To the greatest! But, the Democratic Party has seen to it that it no longer needs its traditional

sources of funding, such as unions and ordinary folk.

The DLC's effort to win Meeks's vote was part of a vigorous campaign by New Democrats to assure legislators that business groups would replace campaign contributions from labor lost by a pro-business China vote. In The New Democrat, the DLC's monthly magazine, Washington's most powerful business lobbyist, Thomas J. Donohue of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, wrote that even though some members of Congress risked losing the AFL-CIO's support, "business will stick by Democrats on the China trade vote."

Simon Rosenberg, the former field director for the DLC who directs the New Democrat Network, a spin-off political action committee, says, "We're trying to raise money to help them lessen their reliance on traditional interest groups in the Democratic Party. In that way," he adds, "they are ideologically freed, frankly, from taking positions that make it difficult for Democrats to win."

http://prospect.org/article/how-dlc-does-it

Older article, but still good to read, if you have not yet read it.

[restorefreedom]

7. the gall she displays is staggering. nt

[kelliekat44]

8. We are beginning to sound like the GOP who hates their government. Sounding like we hate

our party. That should help our cause.

[George II]

12. For many the Democratic Party is not "out party". Sad that.

[Ed Suspicious]

17. Nope. I just hate our feckless party leadership.

[jeff47]

20. When the party doesn't represent us, what are we supposed to do?

When the party leadership deliberately sandbags any primary campaign by an actual liberal, what are we supposed to do?

When the party refuses to be accountable for their massive 2010 and 2014 losses, what are we supposed to do?

When the party makes it clear that Wall Street money is more important than the right policies, what are we supposed to do?

I'll tell you one thing we are not supposed to do: Blindly follow the leadership, just because they are the leadership.

[7wo7rees]

10. We just sat NO to DWS. nt

[George II]

11. I sent the DNC another $100 contribution.

[artislife]

13. Send it all! Show your loyalty!

They will love it. You might get a nice thank you letter. That is so worth it.

[George II]

14. "Loyalty"? Not really.

You would prefer that I contribute to the Liberty Union Party?

[artislife]

15. I don't care what you do with your money

It's yours. You can waste it how you want to, you buy what you want --it's yours.

I just thought you would like to send a lot and get a nice little thank you letter. It would be special.

[George II]

16. I appeciate the sentiment.

[GummyBearz]

19. Nice. Maybe that will let them buy space for an extra debate!

Or maybe just buy some bullshit that doesn't matter

[TSIAS]

21. No

They don't need my $25 or $50 when there are so many SuperPacs to cover the costs.

It's clear the Democratic Party has gone all-in for Clinton. A conservative estimate would have Sanders with 25 % of the voters' support, yet nearly all of the party's leaders are for Clinton.