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Bernie Sanders

sadoldgirl

(3,431 posts) Sun Jun 14, 2015, 03:12 PM Jun 2015

Minor question

After Bernie has been elected President will he automatically
become the head of the Democratic Party?

Considering who runs it right now that would seem weird.

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Minor question (Original Post) sadoldgirl Jun 2015 OP

The president appoints the chair of the DNC - TBF Jun 2015 #1

Bound to be an improvement.... daleanime Jun 2015 #2

Not exactly appoints, but basically. Jim Lane Jun 2015 #3

TBF

(32,056 posts)

1. The president appoints the chair of the DNC -

Reply to sadoldgirl (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2015, 03:33 PM

Jun 2015

Obama appointed Wasserman in 2011. So, if Bernie were president he could appoint who he wants.

daleanime

(17,796 posts)

2. Bound to be an improvement....

Reply to TBF (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 14, 2015, 03:41 PM

Jun 2015

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)

3. Not exactly appoints, but basically.

Reply to TBF (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 14, 2015, 04:07 PM

Jun 2015

The DNC Chair is elected by the DNC.

If a Democrat is President and tells them whom to elect, that person gets elected.

If Bernie were elected as the Democratic nominee, I think enough DNC members would follow tradition and dutifully fall in line behind whomever he told them to choose.

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