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In reply to the discussion: Democratic elite rally around Hillary Clinton [View all]dflprincess
(28,086 posts)56. Klobuchar is an example of the party hacks picking a candidate
I still think Ford Bell would have made a better senator, but the powers that be both at the state and national levels decided they wanted Amykins and effectively shut Bell out. I was at the Central Committee meeting when it became clear the fix was in. That's the last of those meetings I attended.
I'm waiting to see what rules the DNC comes up with that all the state parties will need to comply with if they want their delegates seated at the national convention. There was a time when the DFL took a certain amount of pride in being a thorn in the side of the national party - but those days are long gone and the people running the DFL are firmly in Wasserman-Schulz' camp.
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Guess you did not know Bernie is talking about people staying home and not voting.
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#72
It fits all the GOP memes made to put down Democrats by the 'Oligarchy Are Us' GOP.
freshwest
Aug 2015
#68
The primary elections have not started so what is this talk about the party has spoken?
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#54
Not necessary, the major of the delegates will come from caucuses and elections in the different
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#79
Yes the bosses used the "too much work" argument to ram primaries back into the system.
TygrBright
Aug 2015
#18
They sure don't work very well with the DNC and the likes of DWS running them.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Aug 2015
#108
And the two states you mention are particularly unrepresentative of the rest of the US.
OrwellwasRight
Sep 2015
#110
The Party speaks at the ballot box, chum and don't you forget it. Those 'elites' can suffer at that
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2015
#10
And whether they know it or not, Americans WANT a wealth divide closer to what Sweden has...
cascadiance
Aug 2015
#103
Is anyone else both baffled and squicked by the oxymoronic "democratic elite" thing?
TygrBright
Aug 2015
#14
Dictating from high places.....Clinton or Tump? Thanks for the laugh, new poser! Are you on the right thread??
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#22
Paid propaganda staff writers toiling for minimum wage for the corporate media owned by and protecting the 1%, is my guess.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#23
Clearly the Wall Street Wing of "the party" has indeed spoken. The Party however, has a little thing
Indepatriot
Aug 2015
#24
As I have said to Bernie supporters for similar like posts, is this really LBN?
still_one
Aug 2015
#26
The source is coming from Politico which is a gossip rag, not what I would call a major Newspaper.
still_one
Aug 2015
#42
this is latest breaking news because its breaking as not many expected so much Party support early
ericson00
Aug 2015
#48
I said just the opposite: "As I have said to Bernie supporters for similar like posts, is this
still_one
Aug 2015
#65
She is the boss??? And here I thought, we the people, got to decide that.
Live and Learn
Aug 2015
#29
And big money contributors are FAR MORE concerned about Bernie than they were of Obama then...
cascadiance
Aug 2015
#105
"She is the boss. She’s nearly locked up the support of party elites."
left-of-center2012
Aug 2015
#45
No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go
cantbeserious
Aug 2015
#55
I will still rally around Hillary, she is strong, smart and has lots of foreign experience.
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#58
Like presenting the TPP and other free trade bills to other countries as SOS...
cascadiance
Aug 2015
#106
Anyone on DU who decides not to vote for the Democratic nominee if that Democratic nominee is
still_one
Aug 2015
#66
I think some here are confused about how a democracy works... Elections are becoming "passe"...
cascadiance
Aug 2015
#107
Let's just do away with democracy as a process! Corporatists HATE having to deal with it!
cascadiance
Aug 2015
#102