The Next DNC Chair: TOM PEREZ WINS, makes Ellison deputy chair

[The Other Castro]

Tammy Baldwin has now endorsed Ellison.

Chris Murphy as well.

[The Other Castro]

Howard Dean pulls out:

Jeff Zeleny ‏@jeffzeleny  22m22 minutes ago
.@GovHowardDean tells Democratic chairs meeting in Denver that he will not take another run at leading the Democratic National Committee.

[The Other Castro]

Well, this certainly isn't good news for Ellison:

Kenneth P. Vogel
‏@kenvogel Kenneth P. Vogel Retweeted Eric Cortellessa
Wow. MAJOR Clinton donor & leading funder of DNC + pro-Israel causes calls DNC chair candidate @keithellison, who is Muslim, "anti-Semitic":

Eric Cortellessa ‏
@EricCortellessa
Haim Saban says @keithellison is "clearly an anti-Semitic and anti-Israel person," draws gasps from the crowd. #Saban16

[The Other Castro]

Ellison offers to quit Congress to lead DNC:

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https://politicalwire.com/2016/12/03/keith-ellison-offers-quit-congress-lead-dnc/

[The Other Castro]

Ellison finally takes the plunge: "I will resign my seat if I win DNC Chair"

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http://www.startribune.com/rep-keith-ellison-i-will-resign-my-seat-if-i-win-dnc-chair/405232966/

[The Other Castro]

Richard L. TrumkaVerified account
‏@RichardTrumka
The Executive Council of the 12.5M member @AFLCIO has voted overwhelmingly to endorse @keithellison to lead @TheDemocrats

[The Other Castro]

So Dems throw out a woman whose only reason for keeping her was identity politics, to hire an anti-Israel 9/11 Truther. Great work guys. Really.

Your post was just as bad the first time you posted.

[The Other Castro]

Tom Perez plans to enter race for DNC Chair:

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/us/politics/thomas-perez-democratic-national-committee.html?_r=0

[The Other Castro]

Politics1.com ‏@Politics1com  4m4 minutes ago
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-IN), 34, an openly gay Naval Reserve officer, is testing the waters for a run for DNC Chair.

[The Other Castro]

Politico survey of DNC members: Ellison has a clear lead, but overwhelming majority are undecided.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/keith-ellison-democratic-dnc-232613



Also, big endorsement for Ellison by Bill de Blasio.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/bill-de-blasio-endorses-keith-ellison-dnc-chair-s-race-n695781

[The Other Castro]

Alex Seitz-Wald ‏@aseitzwald  2h2 hours ago
Sanders dings Perez: "Unlike some of the candidates who are running for chair, Keith knew from day one that the TPP was a disaster."

[The Other Castro]

Alex Seitz-Wald ‏@aseitzwald  37m37 minutes ago
DNC hosting 4 "future forums" ahead of Chair's election in Feb.

[The Other Castro]

Sally Boynton Brown, executive director of the Idaho Democratic Party, is entering the race for DNC Chair.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/sally-boynton-brown-dnc-chair-232740

[The Other Castro]

Dems will lose in 2018 calling right now.

Lose...what?

[The Other Castro]

Well, it gets to be more of a matter of opinion on what counts as winning during midterms. Like, I would consider R+1 in the Senate a win for Democrats.

[The Other Castro]

NARAL President Ilyse Hogue says she will not run for Chair.

https://medium.com/@Ilysehogue/our-dnc-chair-f999d88575d#.ejt6irxm1

[The Other Castro]

NARAL President Ilyse Hogue says she will not run for Chair.

https://medium.com/@Ilysehogue/our-dnc-chair-f999d88575d#.ejt6irxm1

Shame she aborted her campaign before it had the chance to develop

She went with her Plan B career path the morning after she conceived the idea to run, so nobody was really bothered that much.

[The Other Castro]

Watch this, and if you still support Perez after watching it, you're no progressive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ByXdb_E6FM

What a pathetic, stupid, little man.

He serves at the pleasure of the President. And the President supports TPP. Get over it

Yes it puts him in an awkward position, but he's the one that chose to run for DNC Chair.

[The Other Castro]

Honestly only Ellison has impressed me so far in his plans for the DNC. It seems to be mostly an Ellison vs. Perez fight, and Perez hasn't really given too many reasons to back him.

[The Other Castro]

Honestly only Ellison has impressed me so far in his plans for the DNC. It seems to be mostly an Ellison vs. Perez fight, and Perez hasn't really given too many reasons to back him.

I mean, Ellison is an anti-Semite, so...

If Ellison was actually an anti-Semite, which he is so obviously not, then he wouldn't have support from Jews like me, Sanders, and Schumer. Some of his remarks have been at odds with current US policy towards Israel, but I have said just as critical things. That does not make someone anti-Semitic.

[The Other Castro]

Honestly only Ellison has impressed me so far in his plans for the DNC. It seems to be mostly an Ellison vs. Perez fight, and Perez hasn't really given too many reasons to back him.

I mean, Ellison is an anti-Semite, so...

If Ellison was actually an anti-Semite, which he is so obviously not, then he wouldn't have support from Jews like me, Sanders, and Schumer. Some of his remarks have been at odds with current US policy towards Israel, but I have said just as critical things. That does not make someone anti-Semitic.

If Donald Trump was actually a sexist, then he wouldn't have support from women like Laura Ingram, Shelley Moore Capito, and Kellyanne Conway

The situations between sexism and antisemitism here are not at all comparable, and Schumer is more reputable as a person to vouch for someone's character on this matter.

[The Other Castro]

Honestly only Ellison has impressed me so far in his plans for the DNC. It seems to be mostly an Ellison vs. Perez fight, and Perez hasn't really given too many reasons to back him.

I mean, Ellison is an anti-Semite, so...

If Ellison was actually an anti-Semite, which he is so obviously not, then he wouldn't have support from Jews like me, Sanders, and Schumer. Some of his remarks have been at odds with current US policy towards Israel, but I have said just as critical things. That does not make someone anti-Semitic.

Do you consider Trump anti-Semitic?

No.

[The Other Castro]

This is old news from 12/18, but Pete Buttigieg says he's not a candidate for DNC Chair.

http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/politics/south-bend-mayor-pete-buttigieg-i-m-not-a-candidate/article_6f0c73f0-c473-11e6-8745-83db249696c1.html

So, looks like the five candidates are:

-Keith Ellison, Congressman from MN-5
-Tom Perez, Secretary of Labor
-Ray Buckley, Chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party
-Jaime Harrison, Chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party
-Sally Boynton Brown, Executive Director of the Idaho Democratic Party

With other potential candidates being:

-Ruben Gallego, Congressman from AZ-6
-John Perez, Former Speaker of the California Assembly

[The Other Castro]

I'm not sure if sounding like Hillary Clinton is a good move for Perez.

Tom Perez ‏@TomPerez  3h3 hours ago
It's not enough to be progressive—We need a progressive who gets things done.

Personally I never liked this slogan because it seemed to imply the natural state of a progressive is someone that doesn't do anything.

[The Other Castro]

I'm a little late to this party I see.

Anyways, I now think that it is within the Democrats' best interests to vote for Ellison as the next chair.

I think many of you would like this article from Vox: Democrats would be smart to embrace Ellison

Democrats need to build on to the party and not lose core coalitions like Millennials and it sends a bold message to send a Black Muslim like Ellison to be a leader during Trump's tenure as president.

The country is already polarized. Dems, don't polarize your own party.

Anyways, are there any new news on Keith Ellison endorsements?

The problem is that Ellison is anti-Semite.