New DNC Chair is CLEANING HOUSE!

[GatorDem82]

DNC chair asks for staff resignations as overhaul begins

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/28/politics/dnc-tom-perez-staff-resignation-letters/index.html

"Newly installed Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez has asked all the committee's staffers to submit their resignations by April 15 as he begins an overhaul of the party's organization.

The house-cleaning move means Perez can start from scratch as he remakes a DNC that was rocked by hacks, accusations of favoritism and leadership shakeups during the 2016 campaign."

"The overhaul will be particularly welcome to progressives, who viewed the DNC under former chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz as biased in favor of Clinton and against Sanders. Progressive activists, angered by Wasserman Schultz, called for wholesale changes at the DNC during the 2016 election."

I'm glad to see Tom Perez clean house and start from scratch. It's desperately needed. I hope he works very closely with Keith Ellison to build a new DNC that will support massive grassroots organization and take the best parts of the 50 state strategy and attack not just House and Senate seats, but Governorships and state house seats as well.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

1. Best news I've read in a while!

[bluecollar2]

2. About damn time....n/t

[NurseJackie]

18. Were they running late?

[NastyRiffraff]

22. You beat me to it!

I was about to post almost the exact same thing.

[NurseJackie]

23. GMTA

[virtualobserver]

26. about 1,042 state and federal seats too late.

but better late than never.

[nolabels]

8. I hope it's true but have my doubts

My motto is "no news is good news". Of course, I repair things for a living so what would you expect?

[NurseJackie]

25. Smearing Democrats by accusing them of not being actual Democrats? (Is that even allowed here?)

If so, it ought not be.

[Submariner]

33. DWS voted with the Teabaggers to keep screwing

the poor with very high interest loans from those loan shark-like Pay Day loan outfits. DWS has history of supporting local repubs, so she is fair game don't you think?

[NurseJackie]

42. That appears to NOT be the case.

[SticksnStones]

4. That's one way to begin to find the mole referenced in the Steele dossier

Link to tweet

[Sanity Claws]

9. I was thinking that was the reason too

[Jim Beard]

24. Insider could have been the hacker

[SticksnStones]

30. I thought Guccifer 2.0 was the hacker...?

[HoneyBadger]

28. Moles

Plural

[SticksnStones]

31. Gladly, yet sadly corrected. nt

[stonecutter357]

5. Democratic party Members only from now on.......thanks.

[NurseJackie]

11. Yes please.

[mountain grammy]

19. No, please. I have a whole bunch of friends who

refuse to identify with a party, but they share my liberal ideas and values and all campaigned and voted for Hillary..

Please, let's stop this. We need liberals, and there 's a reason many liberals don't join the party, but I damn sure want their input. They're engaged and vote and will remain active, and while they may not be members of the party, they're on our side.

If Democrats don't filibuster the nomination of Neil Gorsuch, I will also change my registration to Independent, something I swore I'd never do. But the party must stand tall against turning our Supreme Court into who know what. I'm quite sure the two Independent Senators will not vote for cloture. Will Democrats?

[JHan]

36. Democrats are going to filibuster Gorsuch.

[stonecutter357]

37. seems legit !

[nolabels]

6. I wouldn't count my chickens before the hatch

Like times before out with the old in with the new was actually just more of the same. I would hope for better but many know this guy is likely just another inside player.

[NurseJackie]

10. When you say "inside player" ... are you referring to Perez?

[KittyWampus]

15. People spouting crap about Perez just ain't right.

[NurseJackie]

17. Sadly, it's not uncommon and (in my opinion) appears to be increasing.

It's my believe that people should not post disrespectful nicknames, insults, or inflammatory attacks against any Democratic public figure or against the Democratic Party itself.

I think it's pretty obvious that people who post here support and admire a wide variety of Democratic politicians and public figures, and that's why I believe that constructive criticism should always be welcome.

Even so, it's really not to much to expect that Democrats will not be denigrated on this website, is it?

[mountain grammy]

21. I'm hoping for the best from Perez.

I think he's smart. I think he's inclusive. I'm ok that he's a bit boring, he's a worker, not a smoozer.

Like I said, I'm hoping for the best.

[NurseJackie]

32. So he's "boring" huh? Not a very enthusiastic outlook. Do you lack confidence in him?

[mountain grammy]

34. Absolutely not! He's just boring..

I really do have a lot of confidence in him.. I honestly think he understands working people and the issues, and he'll advocate for unions. I miss the fire of Howard Dean, but don't think it's necessary.

[NurseJackie]

38. I must tell you that you're certainly sending mixed messages.

It's an administrative and wonky role. A calm, serious and focused demeanor are needed.

The word "boring", when used to describe someone, has distinctly negative connotations. (Yawn. Ho-hum.) it suggests that they're just gonna sit there like a bump-on-a-log and do nothing. Or that they are are somehow lacking in personal qualities or other abilities that are required or desirable in order to be successful.

Things like that (calling him "boring&quot only serve to reinforce and contribute to the divisions that weaken our party, or to sabotage and influence how people view Perez before he gets a chance to make his mark. Not that you'd intentionally be doing that... I'm just letting you know how it appears.

[treestar]

7. oh good new people to take the blame

[katmondoo]

12. Please come to Florida

[NurseJackie]

13. What's going on in Florida?

[jmg257]

14. Getting rid of the trump and Russian mole(s) - nice!

- Agreed exchange of information established in both directions.
Trump team using moles within DNC and hackers in the US as well as outside in
Russia.

pg 7

In the wider context campaign/Kremlin co-operation, Source E
claimed that the intelligence network being used against CLINTON
comprised three elements. there were agents/facilitators within
the Democratic Party structure itself; secondly Russian emigre and
associated offensive cyber operators based in the and thirdly, state-
sponsored cyber operatives working in Russia.

pg 8


https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3259984-Trump-Intelligence-Allegations.html

[ismnotwasm]

16. Jesus Christ.

"This is longstanding precedent at the DNC and has happened during multiple chair transitions," DNC spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa said. "The process was started before the election of the new chair. From the beginning, Tom has been adamant that we structure the DNC for future campaigns. Current and future DNC staff will be integral to that effort."

[Amishman]

20. This is about loyalty not ideology

With a fractured political landscape, I think this is just a security measure to be sure everyone is on the same team. I don't think this heralds a real shift in the party platform

[democratisphere]

29. Vehemently disagree!

Gag order dammit!

[Hortensis]

43. Yes, but agreed. In these crazy, dangerous days

of political tampering from hostile outsiders, the party leadership is very concerned about how to safeguard the integrity of our elections from all possible types of attacks and hijackings.

[get the red out]

35. Thank God!

I am very happy to read this!

[NurseJackie]

39. Why?

[get the red out]

40. This paragraph

I'm glad to see Tom Perez clean house and start from scratch. It's desperately needed. I hope he works very closely with Keith Ellison to build a new DNC that will support massive grassroots organization and take the best parts of the 50 state strategy and attack not just House and Senate seats, but Governorships and state house seats as well.

[NurseJackie]

41. Looks like SOP to me. All the "thank-god" and "finally" and "about-fucking-time" messages...

... are just bizarre.