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elleng

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38. Thank you SO much Tom,

Reply to Tom Rinaldo (Reply #27)

Fri Feb 24, 2017, 01:00 PM

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Members voting in the DNC, I beg you, please, please vote for Pete... [View all] Firebrand Gary Feb 2017 OP

YES! elleng Feb 2017 #1

the diversity of all the candidates MFM008 Feb 2017 #2

No thank you HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #3

Ellison is not in, Ellison and Perez are tied, according to H. Dean. elleng Feb 2017 #5

Pete is the absolute right candidate for this period in time. Firebrand Gary Feb 2017 #12

And Pete will be able to spend full-time on this job. DK504 Feb 2017 #53

Pete would be a disaster for the progressive revolution... Keith is the way forward. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2017 #58

Yes! I agree! Please vote Pete. fun n serious Feb 2017 #4

Yes, IS going, SHOULD go! elleng Feb 2017 #6

Yes indeed! fun n serious Feb 2017 #7

And he will get millenials like Obama got the youth vote. Amaryllis Feb 2017 #9

Yes. Young intellectual fact driven millennials.. fun n serious Feb 2017 #13

I like Harrison. Give me points to change my mind. Doreen Feb 2017 #8

He dropped out Adelante Feb 2017 #10

OK, that is a good point. My second choice was Ellison so I still need my mind to be Doreen Feb 2017 #11

Unity Adelante Feb 2017 #14

Good summary. elleng Feb 2017 #15

Articulated beautifully, thank you Adelante! Firebrand Gary Feb 2017 #20

Agree! lillypaddle Feb 2017 #16

Who gets to vote? lillypaddle Feb 2017 #17

In other words, insiders. elleng Feb 2017 #18

elleng, lets hope that have a serious self check before casting their votes. Firebrand Gary Feb 2017 #21

YES, Gary. SERIOUS! elleng Feb 2017 #37

Yes and Yes! If Ellison is in I am out! leftofcool Feb 2017 #19

leftofcool, I've heard a lot of people feel the same. Firebrand Gary Feb 2017 #22

What's wrong with Ellison? nt StubbornThings Feb 2017 #24

Some will cloak their hatred of the man with his (since repudiated) association with Farrakhan Jake Stern Feb 2017 #28

"chutzpah to support Bernie" NCTraveler Feb 2017 #30

Could say the same about another candidate, fwiw. truebluegreen Feb 2017 #51

You just argued a point not in contention. Nt NCTraveler Feb 2017 #68

You might have missed my point. Nt truebluegreen Feb 2017 #69

Good points. StubbornThings Feb 2017 #39

Nothing... he's great! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2017 #61

Out of what? njhoneybadger Feb 2017 #52

Non of those reasons show how he would be the best at getting out the vote. StubbornThings Feb 2017 #23

If we pick pete...he is not of the Bernie or the Hillary primary split. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #36

Being a *mayor* of a college city (pop. 100K) in a red state shows that? Peachhead22 Feb 2017 #62

Is he giving up his job as mayor if he gets the chairmanship? rogue emissary Feb 2017 #25

Yes, he announced he will step down as mayor. erinlough Feb 2017 #60

I'd be willing to bet that there isn't a single member of the DNC on DU. MineralMan Feb 2017 #26

Not always the case DFW Feb 2017 #54

I wil not "resist" the Party over who becomes Chair Tom Rinaldo Feb 2017 #27

"I will judge them by their actions." NCTraveler Feb 2017 #31

Frankly I don't give a damn what the chair does... Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #44

I agree completely. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #35

Thank you SO much Tom, elleng Feb 2017 #38

This is SO much bigger than any one personality. DFW Feb 2017 #66

Pete Who? Larkspur Feb 2017 #29

That is exactly what we need. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #34

Unlike DWS, Ellison said he would resign his House seat to become DNC chair Larkspur Feb 2017 #40

This Jew has no issue with Ellison Jake Stern Feb 2017 #42

I have no objection to Keith because of his time...he has said he would leave the House. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #43

Mayor Pete has no significant base of support Larkspur Feb 2017 #45

Keith will cost us votes...this is why he should not be elected. good guy but made some Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #49

Pete just dropped out of the race and Perez and his wing of the Dem Party have already cost Dems Larkspur Feb 2017 #65

Pete is Positive Chipper Chat Feb 2017 #32

He is a great choice. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #33

¡Basta ya! Iggo Feb 2017 #41

oh man not this division stuff again. n/t. okieinpain Feb 2017 #46

Yep. joshcryer Feb 2017 #47

i have a bad feeling YABOYNICKY12 Feb 2017 #48

I think so too...he will 'purge' donors...and starve our people when we need to win. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #50

I suspect no matter who is elected there will be major in fighting within the party. However, still_one Feb 2017 #55

Good riddance Alan Dershowitz! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2017 #59

Leave anyway, Dershowitz, you fucking fuck. (n/t) Iggo Feb 2017 #70

I would prefer him over Ellison or Perez NoGoodNamesLeft Feb 2017 #56

Could not agree more!!!!!!!! Peacetrain Feb 2017 #57

k & r LAS14 Feb 2017 #63

I agree 100% Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #64

too bad D_Master81 Feb 2017 #67