Thanks, Miriam.
I'll put it on my "To Do" pile.
It's snowing. And our generator is acting up. It is set to start
automatically when the batteries reach a certain level. About 5:00
PM., last night, we lost our power. Cathy managed to coax the
generator into action, but we have no assurance it will not fault
again today.
Carl
On 2/26/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carl,
Actually, this is the time for you to be writing a philosophical treatise
about the inability of human beings to easily change long held patterns of
behavior, even when it is apparent that the behavior has terrible
consequences.
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Tom Perez Wins DNC Chairmanship
Since cancelling my token membership in the Democratic Party, I have just
about as much influence as I did when I participated. But still, it's
interesting to note that the Party continues to flounder, going with the
more acceptable candidate, in an effort to preserve the Establishment.
Frankly, the first change I'd suggest would be to eliminate the Super
Delegates. Since that's not going to happen I'll not trouble myself with
Step Two.
Carl Jarvis
On 2/26/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sherry writes: "U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison and former Labor Secretary Tom
Perez, competing Saturday to lead the national Democratic Party, were
in a dead heat as delegates filled a convention hall and voting got
underway."
Tom Perez. (photo: Getty Images)
Tom Perez Wins DNC Chairmanship
By Jonathan Easley, The Hill
25 February 17
Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez has defeated Rep. Keith Ellison
(D-Minn.) to become the next chairman of the Democratic National
Committee in a blow to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and the progressive
wing of the party.
Perez won with 235 votes on the second ballot, with 218 votes needed
to reach a majority. He fell just shy in the first ballot, totaling
213.5 votes.
The win came after Perez failed to clear the threshold required to win
the first vote by only one ballot.
Vice President Biden and other key figures from the Obama
administration supported Perez, who backed Hillary Clinton in the
primary.
Sanders and many of his allies backed Ellison, the first-ever Muslim
elected to Congress and a star on the left. Several Ellison supporters
told The Hill this week that they are unsure if they can back Perez.
The race to become the next Democratic Party leader split along
establishment-grassroots lines and in many ways mirrored the divisive
2016 presidential primary between Sanders and Clinton.
The mainstream Democrats won out again.
Perez, the 55-year-old son of Dominican immigrants, becomes the
party's public face and chief spokesperson in charge of staking out
Democratic opposition to President Trump.
Prior to serving as President Obama's Labor secretary, Perez was a
civil rights attorney in the Justice Department under Attorney General
Eric Holder, who endorsed him in the chairmanship race.
He has almost no electoral experience, save for a successful bid for
Montgomery County Council and a failed run at Maryland attorney
general, in which he was disqualified over a technicality.
As chairman of the DNC, Perez inherits a monumental rebuilding project
across the country after years of Democratic losses at every level of
government.
And he will also have to go about the work of unifying a fractured party.
While Democrats sought to squash the intra-party divisions that linger
from the contentious presidential primary, the campaign to be the next
DNC chairman became a proxy battle between the rival factions.
Perez's win is a victory for centrist Democrats, many of whom were
wary of handing the party over to the Sanders wing. But his election
risks infuriating progressives, many of whom wanted to see Ellison, an
early supporter of Sanders, installed atop the DNC.
There are still bitter feelings among Sanders supporters who feel the
DNC - then led by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) - rigged the
primary against Sanders and in favor of Clinton. Wasserman Schultz
resigned at the Democratic National Convention after hacked emails
posted by WikiLeaks appeared to show DNC staffers working to undermine
Sanders.
Perez was encouraged by several top Obama officials to run for DNC
chair and had support from Biden and Holder.
Perez's allies bristle at the notion that he is not a true
progressive, citing his work as a civil rights attorney and as Labor
secretary.
Many liberals are still reeling from Trump's upset of Clinton, and
Perez takes control of a party out of power at the White House, in
both chambers of Congress, and in a majority of statehouses and
governor's mansions across the country.
There are 33 GOP governors, compared to only 21 for Democrats. Since
Obama was sworn into office in 2009, Republicans have gained more than
1,000 state legislative seats across the country.
There is urgency for Democrats to turn things around quickly,
particularly at the state level, where legislators will redraw district
lines in 2020.
Democrats blame GOP gerrymandering in 2010 for their inability to make
significant gains in the House.
In Congress, the electoral map is unfavorable for Democrats in 2018.
While the out-of-power party typically picks up House seats in an
off-year election, Democrats are defending 25 seats in the Senate,
including 10 in states that Trump won in 2016.
Like all of the candidates running, Perez has vowed to return the DNC
to former chairman Howard Dean's "50-state strategy," which is still
viewed by many in the party as the gold standard.
Many Democrats blame their losses on a disconnect between the national
party in Washington and grassroots liberals across the country and are
eager for the new chairman to direct more resources and attention to
those on the ground.
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Tom Perez Wins DNC Chairmanship
By Jonathan Easley, The Hill
25 February 17
ormer Labor Secretary Tom Perez has defeated Rep. Keith Ellison
(D-Minn.) to become the next chairman of the Democratic National
Committee in a blow to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and the progressive
wing of the party.
Perez won with 235 votes on the second ballot, with 218 votes needed
to reach a majority. He fell just shy in the first ballot, totaling
213.5 votes.
The win came after Perez failed to clear the threshold required to win
the first vote by only one ballot.
Vice President Biden and other key figures from the Obama
administration supported Perez, who backed Hillary Clinton in the
primary.
Sanders and many of his allies backed Ellison, the first-ever Muslim
elected to Congress and a star on the left. Several Ellison supporters
told The Hill this week that they are unsure if they can back Perez.
The race to become the next Democratic Party leader split along
establishment-grassroots lines and in many ways mirrored the divisive
2016 presidential primary between Sanders and Clinton.
The mainstream Democrats won out again.
Perez, the 55-year-old son of Dominican immigrants, becomes the
party's public face and chief spokesperson in charge of staking out
Democratic opposition to President Trump.
Prior to serving as President Obama's Labor secretary, Perez was a
civil rights attorney in the Justice Department under Attorney General
Eric Holder, who endorsed him in the chairmanship race.
He has almost no electoral experience, save for a successful bid for
Montgomery County Council and a failed run at Maryland attorney
general, in which he was disqualified over a technicality.
As chairman of the DNC, Perez inherits a monumental rebuilding project
across the country after years of Democratic losses at every level of
government.
And he will also have to go about the work of unifying a fractured party.
While Democrats sought to squash the intra-party divisions that linger
from the contentious presidential primary, the campaign to be the next
DNC chairman became a proxy battle between the rival factions.
Perez's win is a victory for centrist Democrats, many of whom were
wary of handing the party over to the Sanders wing. But his election
risks infuriating progressives, many of whom wanted to see Ellison, an
early supporter of Sanders, installed atop the DNC.
There are still bitter feelings among Sanders supporters who feel the
DNC - then led by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) - rigged the
primary against Sanders and in favor of Clinton. Wasserman Schultz
resigned at the Democratic National Convention after hacked emails
posted by WikiLeaks appeared to show DNC staffers working to undermine
Sanders.
Perez was encouraged by several top Obama officials to run for DNC
chair and had support from Biden and Holder.
Perez's allies bristle at the notion that he is not a true
progressive, citing his work as a civil rights attorney and as Labor
secretary.
Many liberals are still reeling from Trump's upset of Clinton, and
Perez takes control of a party out of power at the White House, in
both chambers of Congress, and in a majority of statehouses and
governor's mansions across the country.
There are 33 GOP governors, compared to only 21 for Democrats. Since
Obama was sworn into office in 2009, Republicans have gained more than
1,000 state legislative seats across the country.
There is urgency for Democrats to turn things around quickly,
particularly at the state level, where legislators will redraw district
lines in 2020.
Democrats blame GOP gerrymandering in 2010 for their inability to make
significant gains in the House.
In Congress, the electoral map is unfavorable for Democrats in 2018.
While the out-of-power party typically picks up House seats in an
off-year election, Democrats are defending 25 seats in the Senate,
including 10 in states that Trump won in 2016.
Like all of the candidates running, Perez has vowed to return the DNC
to former chairman Howard Dean's "50-state strategy," which is still
viewed by many in the party as the gold standard.
Many Democrats blame their losses on a disconnect between the national
party in Washington and grassroots liberals across the country and are
eager for the new chairman to direct more resources and attention to
those on the ground.
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