Whatever the final vote for DNC chair reveals,

[MineralMan]

I will fully support the new DNC chair.

I just wanted to say that before the final result is in.

[JHan]

1. And that's all there is to it, K&R

[Nevernose]

2. Whoever wins

I just hope and pray they can harness the activist energy. Ellison and Perez are both good

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Yup.

The important thing is that it gets a good administrator/manager who understands the importance of grassroots organizing and can pull the party together. I think either candidate could do that. I'm leaning a bit toward Ellison because he's my Congressman and I know what a good organizer he is, but if he doesn't get it that would be OK too, because then he could keep being my Congressman.

[MineralMan]

6. I understand. In many ways, it is a win-win proposition.

Personally, I like Keith Ellison, as well. I have not met him, but since he represents my neighboring district, I have followed him closely, along with my own representative Betty McCollum. In either position, he will continue to do an excellent job. I also have great respect for Perez, whose record is outstanding as well.

Either person will be an excellent DNC chair. Good luck to them both.

[redstatebluegirl]

4. Me too!

We have to unite as a party. Some people will leave pissed, but they were never with us to begin with. This situation is dire, we must unite to defeat these morons at every avenue, local, state and federal. We cannot let them have 4 years or they will destroy our country.

[MineralMan]

8. I believe that anyone who could not support either candidate

is probably not thinking about the success of the party as a whole. I regret that some are so personality oriented that they feel that way. The DNC chair is a position that will support ALL Democratic candidates. That is what the job entails. I feel certain that either man would do that effectively, so I have no real preference between them.

[Hekate]

5. KnR

[mcar]

7. Good candidates

I'll happily support the winner.

[nevergiveup]

9. Yep!

They are both great in my book. Let's get it done and move on. We have lots of critical work to do. Our democracy is on the line.

[elleng]

10. What's with the posts referring to 'both' candidates?

Sounding like msnbc here, ONLY acknowledging perez and ellison. How did that stuff do for us, in November?

[MineralMan]

11. One or the other will end up the winner.

The closest third place candidate got only 12 votes. Both of the leaders have 200 or more.

Perez 213.5
Brown 12
Warren 0
Ellison 200
Mayor Pete 1
Ms. Green 0.5
Pekofsky 0

Reality is important in politics. That's what I deal with, to be quite frank.

The presidential election, too, was binary. Third party candidates can only act as spoilers. Sorry, but that's the truth.

[SaschaHM]

13. Brown also dropped out and didn't endorse.

[MineralMan]

17. Thank you. Ignore my post downthread.

I appreciate your help. I am not watching the proceedings.

[SaschaHM]

12. It's Perez vs. Ellison by virtue of the fact that the other candidates have dropped out.

[MineralMan]

14. Answered above.

[SaschaHM]

18. Yup.

Link to tweet

[elleng]

15. Pete Buttigieg has dropped out?

[SaschaHM]

16. Yeah, he dropped out before the first vote.

[elleng]

21. There were rumors,

and he tweeted: Ellison backers claiming Buttigieg endorsed Ellison. Buttigieg tweets to deny.' Buttigieg shoots down Ellison campaign rumor being sent to DNC members by text

Link to tweet

…

Pete Buttigieg on Twitter
“To clarify: I have made NO ENDORSEMENT for DNC Chair”
TWITTER.COM

[SaschaHM]

23. Yup. They sent out a text claiming his endorsement.

[George II]

24. How trumpian of those "backers". I hate crap like that.

[napi21]

19. Whoever wins, they MUST harness the energy thhe grassroots Dems are showing in the

"Indivisible" efforts right now. I HOPE awe can expand on it and keep it ALIVE all the way to November 2018! It's going to be difficult to keep the energy up for almost 2 years, but it's imperative that we do to eliminate that darn lack of voting by Dems during non0-presidential years.

[MineralMan]

22. I would think that Trump provides ample reason to keep the

energy going, frankly. If not, then the party is doomed. If we cannot rise to defeat someone like Trump, we fail completely.

[monmouth4]

20. We are fortunate to have such a plethora of candidates. My guy dropped out but all of them

seen fine to me..

[Hoyt]

25. Just announcing Perez.

[MineralMan]

26. I just saw that. Apparently, he picked up all of the

votes from the other candidates. Congratulations to him. I look forward to helping him achieve many victories for Democratic candidates in 2018 and 2020.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

27. I will only support him if he works for all Democrats.

[MineralMan]

28. Well, you make your own decisions, then, don't you.

So do we all.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

29. Of course.

[Gothmog]

30. I was at an all day training session but followed on twitter

I was happy to see this result

[MineralMan]

31. I'm happy about it, too. The DNC again has competent leadership,

and an equally competent back-up. That's very good news for our party.

[Gothmog]

32. As you know, one of my passions is voting rights and Perez rebuilt the DOJ civil rights section

I have met Ellison on a couple of occasions and I like him. I just like Tom Perez a great deal more due to his his work on voting rights. Perez rebuilt the Civil Rights and the voting rights sections of the DOJ. This article was cited on another thread but his quote makes me smile http://prospect.org/article/subtle-force-tom-perez

In October of 2009, Perez was finally confirmed and set out to reform a division in disarray. Under Bush, the division was accused of ousting career prosecutors who were insufficiently conservative and punishing those who didn’t leave. In his early months, it reportedly wasn’t uncommon for staffers to break down in Perez’s office as they recalled the trauma. Within a year, Perez turned around morale and transformed the division into a formidable enforcement machine.

To me Perez is well suited to fight GOP voter suppression

[MineralMan]

33. Thanks for that information. Frankly, I have paid little attention to

who will become DNC chair. It's a position that involves working to get Democrats elected. Perez seems qualified to do that, and appears to have lots of energy to devote to the job. I think he was a fine choice, and I'm relieved that Keith Ellison will keep being the representative from my neighboring district. I like that a lot.

[Wounded Bear]

34. That's kind of how democracy is supposed to work...