Democrats disavow Obama's creation of rival political group

[JoeOtterbein]

(This article was co-written by this DU poster's daughter)

[link:https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/27/democrats-subtweeted-organizing-for-action-1476569|

The 2020 field pledges not to form a separate political arm from the DNC.

By LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ, ALEX THOMPSON and HOLLY OTTERBEIN 08/27/2019 07:12 PM EDT

To this day, many Democratic Party officials still fume about Barack Obama’s decision to create his own political group outside of the Democratic National Committee, Organizing for Action.

Now they’ve ensured it won't happen again if a Democrat wins the White House in 2020.

The Association of State Democratic Committees announced Tuesday that every leading presidential contender has vowed not to create “any organizing or messaging infrastructure that is parallel or duplicative" to the DNC or state parties. The signed pledge also binds candidates to publicly call on their supporters not to launch outside groups on their behalf.

It's an enormous change for the party, one that will likely strengthen the DNC and state parties after what many Democrats considered neglect of the party infrastructure during the Obama years. It also throws into question the future of Our Revolution, the Bernie Sanders-created grass-roots organization, which state party leaders say would appear to violate the agreement if Sanders wins the general election.

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[JI7]

1. this is actually a good idea and hopefully it will help when it comes to midterms

[delisen]

2. Important move.