Exclusive: Why I'm officially running for DNC chair (Tom Perez)

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Exclusive: Why I'm officially running for DNC chair

By Tom Perez
December 15, 2016

The last month has been tough for Democrats.

But for too many Americans, things have been tough for a lot longer than that.

Right now, there's an 11-year-old girl in Nevada who lives every day in fear that her parents will be deported. There's a fast food worker in Michigan who gets paid so little that she and her three kids are sleeping in their car. There's a factory worker in Pennsylvania wondering if his job will be there tomorrow and whether his children's future will include the middle class.

President Barack Obama inherited a mess eight years ago, and under his leadership we've made tremendous progress putting people back to work. Yet all across the country, there are millions of people still waiting for the basic promise of opportunity to be fulfilled.

These Americans deserve a Democratic Party that will fight for them. That's why I've decided to run for chair of the Democratic National Committee.

Now more than ever, I believe we need a full-time chair who can inspire people, grow our party and speak to its broad tent. And we need a chair with the leadership and management experience to protect the progress we've made and keep us moving forward...

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https://mic.com/articles/162459/tom-perez-dnc-chair#.NPtTJGIny

[Gothmog]

1. I support Tom Perez as DNC chair

[NCTraveler]

2. Kick.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Perez

[geek tragedy]

3. his values and policy acumen are unquestionable, imo.

But I have serious questions about his insight on how to win elections. Especially I have questions as to what he thinks needs to be improved and changed. This is very much of a status quo statement.

He makes a much better candidate for governor of Maryland than DNC head, imo.