Tom Perez and Keith Ellison Ain't Playing About Restructuring The DNC!!!

[LovingA2andMI]

DNC chair Tom Perez requests resignation letters from all staffers working for party

Newly elected Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez has asked all staffers working for the party to resign, according to a report Tuesday.

Perez, who beat out Minnesota congressman Keith Ellison to lead the beleaguered national organization last month, formally requested the resignation letter of all current staffers to be submitted by April 15, NBC News reported.

Political parties typically see top-to-bottom turnover when a new boss comes in, so the move wasn’t entirely unexpected, sources told the network.

The makeover will nevertheless mark yet another period of tumult for the national party, which, throughout the 2016 election was rocked by scandal and plagued by leaks exposing divisions between its left-leaning and center-leaning wings.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/tom-perez-demands-resignation-letters-dnc-staffers-article-1.3012054

Go, Tom and Keith. Do what need to be done what happened in 2016 NEVER SHOULD OCCUR, AGAIN!

[justlikeronniesang]

1. That's good to hear.

The outliers that attempted to cause division in the party need to go.

I'm sure Keith and Tom are sick and tired of the nonsense from people who won't even commit to the party. You know, the same ones that want to throw Donna and Debbie under the bus because of some irrationally perceived slight.

Keith, Tom, Debbie and Donna are all allies. Not only that, they are friends.

Democrats are stronger together.

[LovingA2andMI]

3. No, actually....

Debbie and Donna were the problems. Again, we cannot have what occurred in 2016 EVER HAPPEN AGAIN. If Tom and Keith are working to make sure that happens, great!

Also, welcome to DU and remember, we are trying to move on from what happened in 2016.

[justlikeronniesang]

5. You are right. We can't let what happened in 2016

ever happen again.

The fact that there were factions amongst our group that gave us trump, is completely unforgivable.

How crazy was it, that some people didn't see the difference? It was completely absurd.

Thankfully, Tom, Keith, Donna and Debbie recognize this, and I'm certain they will never let this happen again.

They have all shown such strength in fighting against the factions that are trying to destroy our party.

Love them all.

Thank you for the welcome. I'm looking forward to working with a community that is dedicated to stop the nonsense that happened in 2016. People who aren't Democrats should not be dictating the direction of our party. On that, we agree.

[LovingA2andMI]

20. Debbie and Donna....

Will have nothing to do with Tom and Keith's DNC. And that is good.

Still posting huh....Being 7 posts into D.U. and all about who's a Democrat and who is not. Interesting, for you to be the sole determiner of that. Very interesting....

[justlikeronniesang]

22. Oh, I don't know about that.

I thought that Keith Ellison and Debbie Wasserman Schultz attending Trump's address together, showed a strong sign of solidarity.

And why wouldn't I be posting? This is a site for Democrats, no?

[StevieM]

25. You are not trying to move on, you are trying to enforce a historical narrative.

Bernie Sanders was in no way, shape or form robbed of the nomination. He was not treated unfairly by the DNC. He had every opportunity to win. He did not face obstacles, created by the party, that previous nominees did not face. The claim that he did is pure fiction.

Debbie and Donna have not been banned from the party or party events. Obviously they no longer have a place at the DNC since they no longer work there. But they are not less welcome than other previous party chairs, who also no longer have a place there.

[elleng]

4. I think you've got some of your facts wrong.

[justlikeronniesang]

7. what facts do I have wrong???

[fleabiscuit]

9. Sometimes you get from a party what you put into it. And the voters made that distinction.

[fleabiscuit]

12. Takes an interesting perspective to see one person/one vote as slanted.

[SaschaHM]

17. "I'll say nothing more about it" "I'm just going to scream rigged and not prove anything"

[justlikeronniesang]

11. Are you serious?

That just seems crazy, in my opinion.

I didn't expect to see that view expressed here.

So there are people here who believe the primaries were slanted towards Hillary? Do you just completely disregard the millions who voted for her?

It's a known fact that Hillary Clinton won the primary in April. It wasn't even a close contest.

I don't see how Debbie Wasserman Schultz plays into this. In my recollection, she bent over backwards to be fair to Bernie Sanders, Martin O'Malley, Jim Webb, Lawrence Lessig and Lincoln Chafee.

But the majority of the Democratic Party wanted Hillary.

Hillary was our only realistic shot at keeping the White House.

[SaschaHM]

18. Really H.A H.A Goodman is your go to guy on rigging?

[JTFrog]

21. How could he be anyone's to go guy after he showed his ass so thoroughly last year.

That's hilarious.

[Warren DeMontague]

16. What is your opinion of Harry Reid's statement here?

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/311506-reid-dnc-was-worthless-under-wasserman-schultz

[seaglass]

19. He wasn't the only one who said DWS was ineffective. Hillary wanted to get rid of her but Obama did

not. I agree with Reid and the DNC's current direction which is a full time leader.

However Reid's statement about the DNC's ineffectiveness has no relation to ridiculous "primary was rigged" claims.

[justlikeronniesang]

23. I think Harry Reid, like most of us

is frustrated that we haven't been strong enough at state and local levels. I know he was particularly irked about Alan Grayson interfering with our chance to take Marko Rubio's seat.

He's right. It needs to be a full time job.

[Warren DeMontague]

32. That's clearly not what he was talking about.

He was pretty specific.

Actually, in my experience, "most of us" are more frustrated with stuff like national-level spokespeople who needlessly damage our brand in an election year by doing things like going to the times and condescending to millennials, or defending the drug war and mass incarceration of marijuana users when a clear majority of Americans support legalization.

[Cha]

2. I knew Tom Perez would be excellent and he and Keith make an

excellent Team!

[MuseRider]

6. He is as inclusive as I thought and hoped he would be.

This is great news for the DNC, everyone gets a buy in.

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"Earlier this month, Perez held a meeting to discuss the issue with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sanders, both of whom supported Ellison in the DNC chair race, along with Ellison, Sanders aides Jeff Weaver and Larry Cohen, and others.

Schumer, pointing to Ellison and Sanders, told Perez, "If he's happy, and if he's happy, then I'm happy," according to two sources."

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/embattled-dnc-asks-all-staffers-for-resignation-letters/ar-BByYKYW?li=BBnb7Kz

[Warren DeMontague]

14. everyone from Harry Reid to Tom Perez agrees that the previous leadership was inexcusably inept.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/311506-reid-dnc-was-worthless-under-wasserman-schultz

[beam me up scottie]

15. Good to see Keith and Tom are cleaning house!

Many people feel this is long overdue and I'm one of them.

Keep up the good work, guys!

[NurseJackie]

24. Why? This is SOP, right? Are they running late?

[ismnotwasm]

28. It's more ridiculous hyperbole

I don't have the time to mess with it.

[NurseJackie]

29. Yes ... "ridiculous" indeed. That's the perfect way to describe it.

[PatsFan87]

26. I'm one of them as well.

We need to redirect funds toward state parties instead of worrying about an exclusive group of consultants getting their contracts and becoming rich off of providing crappy services. Time for the rubber to meet the road.

[NurseJackie]

30. Redirect how? Equally? Proportionately? On-demand? Should there be some oversight/judgement calls...

... that would allow the funds to be directed toward candidates and races that are the most competitive (and which stand a good chance of capturing a position previously held by a Republican), or directed toward races that are most threatened by a Republican challenger (but which are still entirely winnable)?

Others who have expressed "concerns" similar to yours often bemoan that losing candidates feel "abandoned". It would be nice if the DNC could send money to every candidate who has absolutely no chance of winning... but using precious funds for "moral support" or to prop-up a candidate who's in a hopeless situation really isn't the smartest decision, is it?

And then there are those who feel "abandoned" because the shoe-in Democrat didn't receive any money from the DNC. Again... why bother? If the candidate was going to win anyway, the party's money would be more wisely invested elsewhere, right?

In any case... it's certainly an exciting time for the Democratic Party. Many good things are ahead.

[beam me up scottie]

31. It wasn't just the white house - how many other seats did we lose last year?

Harry Reid was absolutely right - it should be obvious to everyone there needs to be a shake up at the DNC and even though this isn't entirely unexpected the fact that they're cleaning house is still a damned good sign. I don't agree with folks who think everything has been going swimmingly well. One definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

[ismnotwasm]

27. .

Political parties typically see top-to-bottom turnover when a new boss comes in, so the move wasn’t entirely unexpected, sources told the network.