Debbie Wasserman Schultz has handed the day-to-day operations of the Democratic Party over to Clinton’s hand picked operator Brandon Davis.
Davis assumes the role of Chief of Staff, but in reality, he will be running the Democratic National Committee until a new Chairperson is selected at this year’s convention. He is currently the national political coordinator for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
Wasserman-Schultz will retain her title in name only until the Democratic party votes on a successor.
The Bronx cheer you’re hearing as you read this article is coming from Vermont, where Bernie Sanders fans are cheering the departure of the southern Florida congresswoman known as DWS.
Personally I really have no opinion about Wasserman Schultz one way or the other, but to me this feels like Clinton buckling under to demands from Bernie Sanders.
If this has been what Clinton was going to do all along, then fine. But if she is doing it to get Sanders to endorse or support her I wonder if she is not demonstrating weakness rather than strength to a guy who is clearly still wrestling for some kind of influence over the Democratic party.
Oh, I'm sorry. Actually he is still fighting for the nomination.
Courtesy of Politico:
Asked to answer "yes or no" whether Sanders is still running for president, Weaver was unequivocal.
“Yes, he is. Yes, he is. Yes, he is," Weaver said. "He is an active candidate for president, yes.
Well, so much for accepting the will of the voters.
As I have said in the past Clinton should not negotiate with this guy, he is now essentially a political terrorist who it appears is not so much trying to change the DNC for the better, but rather destroy it from within.
Remember to Bernie Sanders Fidel Castro is a hero, and the Democrats and Republicans are essentially the same.
Bernie said he's staying in until the convention,which he has every right to do.
ReplyDeleteHillary has two FBI investigations going on,so why not?
DWS was overdue to be shown the door also too...
If *anything* were about to happen to HRC's nomination, VP Biden would be suiting up. He's not. Bernie's revolution never happened. Hashtags and rallies amounted to very little. But hey, you paid for it!
Delete@9:20
DeleteHe got 43% of the vote and recently had a one on one with Obama and they both were smiling their asses off after the meeting and Bernie is still standing.
You're aware that there are two active FBI investigations concerning Hillary,no?
9:31 - you are aware that FBI resources have been refocused after Orlando, no? You are aware that Bernie lost by 4 million votes and had less delegates than Hillary in 2008, no? You are aware that no one in the Democratic Party leadership would ever let Bernie near the head of the ticket because he's still listed as an Independent on his Senate website, no?
DeleteHillary will not be indicted. Your FBI obsession is wishful thinking.
Delete@10:14
DeleteThey sent all the FBI agents to Orlando?
You're delusional...
This is the best piece on her e-mails by someone who reads them -Karoli of Crooks and Liars
Deletehttps://bluenationreview.com/i-was-a-hillary-hater-until-i-read-her-emails/
11:06 - who can you ask to watch over you in June and July? You're so close to the edge already?
Delete@11:36
DeleteHere's a slew of actual emails to read...
https://www.scribd.com/doc/283004522/Huma-Abedin-Emails-With-Clinton-Foundation-Part-1
https://www.scribd.com/doc/283004733/Huma-Abedin-Emails-With-Clinton-Foundation-Part-2
https://www.scribd.com/doc/283004169/Huma-Abedin-Emails-With-Teneo
Huma was on the payroll at State Dept. and Clinton Foundation at the same time...
12:01 - you never read my links and I don't read yours. I gave up on you in January. Have a good weekend.
DeleteSanders is WAAAAAAYYYYYY overdue to be "shown the door".
DeleteAnonymous9:31 AM,
DeleteOh now you value Obama. After Sanders and his supporters trash him?
Hillary is in deep doo doo.
DeleteWhat Hillary did there is not so unusual. Seems our President did it, too, and others before him, too.
ReplyDeleteIt is just being put on the high rafters, because Bernie called for the ouster of DWS. In reality, he probably knew that something like this might happen, but 'he called it first', so he will take credit for it. A$$clown!
Sanders knew about this back in December? That's how long he's been calling for her to be ousted.
DeleteNo matter how much you hate Sanders, Clinton has acquiesched to one of his biggest demands. Watch how many more of his demands she gives before the convention. She's desperate for him to concede.
Sorry but he's just a footnote now.
DeleteAwwwwwww...Bye bye Debbie. I'm sure somebody out there will miss you...We just have to find them.
ReplyDeleteHope she gets promoted.
DeleteShe was already planning to step down this year. Is the new DNC head going to be Jen Granholm? That's a name that's being floated.
ReplyDeleteShe'd be a great choice! Love her!
Delete"She was planning to step down this year."
DeleteHAHA. She was not.
Clinton sacrificed her to appease Sanders. Who says Sanders has no power? He'll stay in until the roll call vote at the convention and wield some more power there.
Yes, she WAS planning to step down. 1:19 - lots of Democrats knew this. Sorry you're not up on the latest inside DNC news. Oh, and the BS delegates are balking at even GOING to the convention now because they cannot afford it. That's the latest news.
Delete@anon 1:19 pm
DeleteActually her elected term is up and her replacement was and still is going to be voted on at the nat'l convention in July, but I'm guessing you wouldn't know that because you aren't a Democrat.
@1:19 pm
DeleteThank you for making it plain. This is normal Democratic Convention politics. It is not 'Bernie getting his way.'
dowl
I read that this is traditional for the nominee to bring in his or her own team head. Howard Dean did the same in 2008 when Obama was the nominee and brought in his guy. Sad that Weaver is trying to take credit on behalf of Bernie for this move.
ReplyDeleteBernie is behaving like the old man who refuses to retire. Because he is.
DWS' term was up this year anyway,and she had said she wasn't interested in another one. I think it is pretty par for the course for the presidential nominee to take the reins, but I may be wrong. Brandon Davis is young and very passionate, organized and informed, so I think he's a great choice. Hopefully this wasn't a concession to Bernie, but if his main focus has shifted from income inequality and the middle/working class to foot-stomping about "unfairness" at the DNC . . . well, I guess that says a lot about who he really is.
ReplyDeleteSanders loses convention leverage
ReplyDeleteBernie's summer was supposed to be about strengthening his hand for the Democratic convention. But since the California primary, his position has gotten weaker.
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Leverage: it’s the one thing Bernie Sanders’ advisors and aides consistently point to when asked why, exactly, he’s formally staying in the Democratic primary race that he’s lost to Hillary Clinton.
But it's the one thing he’s been bleeding every day ever since he dropped California’s primary by a much wider-than-expected margin last week. Sanders’ summer was supposed to be all about building leverage for the Democratic convention, providing him with a better hand to play as he presses Clinton to accept his policy positions and party reform suggestions. Now, the people closest to him aren’t sure how exactly to get it back.
His first and most prominent endorsers have jumped off the bandwagon, congratulating and in some cases endorsing Clinton — from Sen. Jeff Merkley to Rep. Raul Grijalva, and from the Communications Workers of America to MoveOn.org.Each of the big-name Democrats and groups who steadfastly remained neutral in the primary have flocked to Clinton over the past week, from President Barack Obama to Sen. Elizabeth Warren to the AFL-CIO. Even Sanders' highest-profile congressional endorsee, Nevada’s Lucy Flores, lost her primary bid on Tuesday despite his cash injection into her campaign.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/sanders-loses-convention-leverage-224469
He lost all leverage after New York when he fired most of his staff nationwide. Anyone who is firing national staff has no leverage anymore, period. His CA whomping sealed his eternal irrelevance.
DeleteOT? True history of the now>
ReplyDeletehttps://www.amazon.com/Bad-Ass-Librarians-Timbuktu-Precious-Manuscripts/dp/1476777403
Gryphen, you took the words right outta my mouth. Doesn't Hillary know by now that you can't negotiate with terrorists or else you end up being held hostage to their demands? This does not bode well for a peaceful convention.
ReplyDeleteand in IMPORTANT news, world-renowned political pundint Enestine Twatwaffle has a discouraging assessment of our president:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/sarah-palin-obama-gun-control-224491
Note that she learned a new $5 word from her Drumpf's Word-A-Day calendar: 'disgusting'. Three syllable words and 'smart-girl' glasses and it won't be long before everyone forgets just how incredibly stupid SHE is.
Ok, nobody will ever forget, but it's fun to watch her try.
If she wants disgusting, she need only look as far as her mirror.
DeleteWart?
Delete9:22>Sara Pee
Delete“15 million plus women have decided to own a firearm,” the caption reads in all-caps. “You might call it a woman’s right to choose.”
Palin, who endorsed Donald Trump in January, said there is no “due respect” for the president “after pulling this stunt.”
“Exploiting a sick, evil, ideological-driven attack on Americans to further your twisted anti-Second Amendment mission is disgusting,”
“Forget your asinine gun control, do your job and engage in Islamic terrorist control. Yes, it's a special kind of stupid to demand we explain ourselves. But if you really want them, get ready for our explanations,”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/sarah-palin-obama-gun-control-224491#ixzz4BrUCt1x7
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Did she threaten the President? We all should
READ THAT BITCH>made provisions for "more speedy and effectual punishing" of those who engaged in civil unrest.THE RIOT ACT!
Jeebus!
DeleteThe Wasilla Wendingo is on the loose!
OBAMA IS A SPECIAL KIND OF STUPID
Does she not understand...oh wait, oh course she doesn't... restricting people who are suspected of being terrorists and are on the no-fly list IS engaging in terrorist control.
DeleteAnd by the way,speaking of terrorists, did she notice that the Bundy bunch were home-grown white Amuricuns?
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DeleteRegardless of the impetus, the exit of DWS will go a long way towards healing the Dems.
ReplyDeleteI never liked her but by my lights, DWS was way too kind to Bernie. Why should an Independent be allowed to ruin the Democratic Party, and steal its data without repercussions or punity?
DeleteDWS was a poor leader. The DNC is better off without her.
DeleteSchulz was already planning to quit at the end of the year. DNC chair is a short-term job, usually. Also, she wasn't that popular anyway, even before Bernie started targeting her. Bernie's vicious attacks on her were thus pointless and vaguely misogynistic.
ReplyDeleteIn short, this is NOT a concession by Hillary to Bernie, but he'll no doubt claim credit for it.
+1
DeleteYour comment, 9:31, makes me also think back to Trump's misogynistic comments about DWS, calling her crazy and things referring to her emotional state.
DeleteAnd I can't find a particular comment he made at one point that was particularly ill-chosen because it demonstrated that he had no idea she'd survived breast cancer. It was something having to do with looks and body shape.
I can't wait to see Trump trounced by a woman in Nov. My one fear is that the anti-Trump movement will gain steam with this "vote your conscience" thing going on with the delegates, and Trump will actually pull out of the race so that he can't get killed by Hillary (and by all of us who hate that asshole).
Howard Dean, who was DNC chair in 2008, had most of his job duties relieved by the Obama campaign after they sewed up the nomination and this is STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE so that the DNC is lock step with the campaign.
ReplyDeleteSo berniebros, you can stop crowing about this as though it was a victory. It was not.
Trying to take credit for this is down to that assclown weaver. Boot to the head! Nah-nah-nah.
Didn't President Obama pick Debbie for the job? I'm not sure my memory is correct. I think she has done a good job.
DeleteBernie Sanders treated her like poop though! Yea, the guy that joined the Democratic party and is NOT a Democrat!
Pretty soon we won't hear much more about or from him. Can't wait! He is the one who actually turned out to be the poop!
A non story. Debbie's term is up in July. If anyone benefits from this move it will be Hillary since Bernie and his Bros can't whine about Debbie at the convention. And Debbie's replacement will be voted on by all delegates, Bernie doesn't have the votes to change who gets the position.
ReplyDelete#FuckTheBerntoutOutBernie
#FuckTheBernoutBernie +1000
DeleteBernie, go home! Oh, wait....
DeleteThanks, anon 9:53. Your excellent point helped me get past the initial reaction I had. I especially like the part about depriving berniebots the satisfaction of using DWS as part of their screed at the convention.
Delete@anon 10:21 am
DeleteHe already did when he went home to Vermont instead of standing with his fellow Democrats for more gun control. Typical career politician, owned by a lobby of the NRA and collecting a check without bothering to do any work.
Thanks for this, 9:53. Bernie didn't exert some kind of amazing power. I knew her term was coming to an end but couldn't quickly find the date/article I'd read online. For some reason no one is mentioning the fact that her job was coming to and end anyway and being fully objective. This is not about Bernie. Plus Hillary does loves her and she is as loyal as they come. She was one of Hillary's women in yellow back in 2008 and has been a great supporter of Hillary and women. And speaking of those ladies, I so wish Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio were alive to see this, to see Hillary as the nominee and surely as the first woman president. She was such a great surrogate for Hillary. And during the primary season of 2016 she'd have been a great counter to Bernie's female African American surrogate from Ohio who's often on TV. I'm from Ohio and would have loved seeing this.
DeleteDebbie has done a good job and I'm sure she is going to welcome the departure. Bernie Sanders has been such an asshole to her.
ReplyDeleteHillary Clinton has the position now to put someone in there that will work with her and that she knows and respects.
Good luck to Debbie and thank you for serving!
Agreed!
DeleteDWS also has a pretty touch election happening and so I'm glad she'll now be free to just focus on it. And kicking GOP butt--she's great at it.
Oh give me a break! Why can't you guys just give Bernie his dues? He's already achieved what he set out to do - change the whole course of politics in this country, something that desperately needed to happen. All over the country there are people running for local office who are inspired by Bernie and they are winning. This is what a grass roots movement looks like. He could care less about being the bloody president. He's already moved Hillary more to the left. You guys sound more and more like republicans every day - "oh no, the status quo is changing!! The sky is falling!!" Get your heads out of the sand and join in!!
ReplyDeleteI will buy what you're saying when I see local offices getting filled with grassroots progressives. But if Bernie doesn't care about being president why did he mislead a load of people into thinking he does? Just yesterday Weaver said Bernie is, in fact, still RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
DeleteWait! Did 10:07 literally say that Sanders "changed the face of politics?"
DeleteOh that is just adorable!
Yes he "changed the face of politics" just as much as Ron Paul did. Or John Anderson. Or Ross Perot. Or Ralph Nader.
In other words not even enough to be noticeable in five or ten years.
Sorry kid, you are sitting in a movie theater with a bunch of folks who have already seen this movie, time and time again.
We already know how this comes out, and for the most part we are fine with it.
And we can hardly wait to watch your face as you get to the unsurprising non-twist at the end.
"Changed the face of politics," damn I am gong to be giggling about that all day.
*yawn*
DeleteIf a do-nothing career politician is your hero then I guess your primary concern is who names the most post offices in Vermont.
Bernie has done nothing in his career but name 2 post offices and been a butt boy for the NRA.
Anonymous 10:07 AM wrote: change the whole course of politics in this country
DeleteIt's not really clear what you mean by "the whole course". We still have two major political parties. (Or maybe 1.5, but that was Trump's doing.) National level positions (e.g. president) are still fought for at the state level, rather than nationally. States still determine the membership of the Electoral College, and it's still the person who gets the most electoral college votes (not to be confused with the "popular" vote—the people) who is elected President.
Tell us more, please, what you mean by the WHOLE course.
He could care less about being the bloody president.
Left to himself, that might be the way he would feel. But he is not left to himself. Jane.
Whether it's his own desire, or hers, he's still running, despite your disavowal.
Good one, Gryph!
Delete@10:40
DeleteHistory is being made!
A woman running for POTUS under two FBI investigations...
11:03 - Do you have someone to keep watch over you in June and July? You're going to be so depressed.
DeleteGryph - thanks for calling me "kid" - I'm very flattered, but I'm actually a 56 year old woman who lives in VT and knows very well what Bernie has done for VT and it was a hell of a lot more than that old story of only having 2 post offices named after him. It's very easy to find out what he actually did with his life if you really want to find out. And I would stand by my statement of "he has changed the face of politics". I don't understand why you dismiss someone who has inspired approx. 40% of the electorate and quite possibly a lot more. Do you really think we are all idiots? I know what the answer is to that one....
DeleteMaybe he changed the face of politics in VT for all the parties he was in through time there? I cannot remember all the different parties he joined, formed or quit. What are all his great accomplishments in VT, other than siding with the NRA?
DeleteYou sure are full of yourself. DWS really does show progressives what is wrong with the Democratic Party and Sec. Clinton's method of financing her campaign with rich folks money on amplifies the message. The opposition is going to do whatever it can to stop her. So until the legal attempts have been quashed you might tone it down. But then your that part of the Democratic party so we should not hope for much.
Delete1;16 -you're.
Delete@anon 12:04 pm
DeleteYou have the floor, please tell us what Bernie has done besides name 2 post offices, please name all the bills he has authored/co-authored and gotten through congress because I cannot find any in his congressional record. Maybe his congressional record is incorrect, or maybe you only think he his done something. But I'll be back to check later after you have time to list all of his big accomplishments.
@2:35
DeleteHere's a picture of Hillary hard at work in the Senate.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/9c/72/30/9c7230f45bf856ebaa8b39f631b796c3.jpg
3:16 - so, what has Bernie done? Please, we're waiting. Deflection might work on teenagers but not on this crowd.
Delete@anon 3:16pm
DeleteSo you have nothing huh? Got nothing to write about all that Bernie has accomplished because he has been a do-nothing lifer collecting a government paycheck for decades. Sorry I had already listed naming those 2 post offices, that would have left you something to write about your hero.
How about the 200+ bills Bernie has sponsored or co-sponsored. Is that chopped liver?
Deletehttps://www.congress.gov/member/bernard-sanders/S000033?q=%7B%22bill-status%22%3A%22law%22%7D
@anon 4:14pm
DeleteVoting yes on someone else's bill is hardly a huge accomplishment.
A-muzzling we will go; a-muzzling we will go, High Ho the Jebio a-muzzling we will go. What's the next stanza GW; you tell me.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/sarah-palin-invites-mockery-by-calling-obama-special-kind-of-stupid-in-latest-unhinged-rant/
ReplyDeleteWell with a daughter like Barstool and a son like Trackmarks I guess you'd know stupid Sarah.
Whether it shows strength or weakness hardly matters. What matters is that the situation has allowed Hillary to ditch someone who has done a TERRIBLE job, but who was a loyal Clinton ally. DWS would have been a liability for HRC and now she no longer matters.
ReplyDeleteWin-win!
Anonymous 10:32 AM wrote: the situation has allowed Hillary to ditch someone
DeleteAs already noted above, this is par for the course once it becomes clear who the nominee is going to be. People don't usually use such loaded language, though.
Win-win!
Usual-usual. Again: as already noted above.
http://tinyurl.com/zhqw8eg
ReplyDeleteOT, but this is just precious... Stupid McFuckface opened her yaw again to disrespect our president.
ReplyDeletePresident Obama 'A Special Kind of Stupid'
And of course Brissy is back. BTW, in her photo of her holding a photo,it looks like she may have some wart action happening over on her pinky finger.
DeleteGuess what! Bernie won't concede because--none of his delegates can afford to go to the convention in Philly, and they are already balking about having to pay in their own to show up there when he's obviously not the nominee! So his delegates don't even want to bother with the DNC convention. Great plane landing, Bernie (NOT).
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/asfried/status/743877789049307136
I used to think Wasserman had a lot going for her and the Democratic Party. However, it looks to me like she was more supportive of payday lenders ripping off poor people than she was supportive of protecting poor people from payday lenders. And that really bothers me. So, if she's out the door, then that's okay with me.
ReplyDeleteElsie
Warren got DWS to reverse her position on that.
DeleteThere were complaints before Bernie b/c some people thought some elections were too close and they blamed DWS. Whatever is true, and even if she hasn't been the best choice for the position she's had taken from her (although in truth she was planning on leaving it fairly soon anyway and this letting go also now allows her to focus all her energy on her own reelection in the House), I've always liked her and she has been great speaking on the floor of the House and on TV in interviews related to issues with the GOP laziness/lack of moral courage and the Dems' issues.
ReplyDeleteAgree 12:11. I always liked DWS for her loyalty to Hillary and support of Dems. I'm glad she can now focus on her re-election campaign after a job well done for the DNC.
DeleteI see the FBI indictment drone is all over the comments while going through the denial stage of grief. Poor dear may need medication and supervision later this year. He/she is not well. Our other mentally ill poster (Alicia) is also deluded like this poor soul.
ReplyDeleteYes, they are loonie tunes!
Delete@12:19
DeleteThe FBI doesn't do indictments.
They investigate for criminal activity and forward their findings with recommendations to the DoJ who then decide whether or not to hand down indictments.
2:00 - Everyone here knows that. That's one reason we all know there will be no indictments. There's no way AG Loretta Lynch will offer any indictment of HRC, especially as no laws were broken.
DeleteI follow Bill Moyers & Company website and Moyers has been one of the many vocal critics of DWS. If you are a liberal, you may find his columns informative on the current state of USA politics. His website can be found at:
ReplyDeletehttp://billmoyers.com/
One of the items he educated me on is that DWS "opened the floodgates for Big Money", According to Moyers, "So, too, has her abolition of the restraints that had been placed on corporate lobbyists and big money — now they can write checks bankrolling what doubtless will be swank and profligate parties during this summer’s Democratic National Convention. At The Intercept, Lee Fang and Zaid Jilani report that a number of the members of the Philadelphia host committee “are actively working to undermine progressive policies achieved by President Barack Obama, including health care reform and net neutrality. Some… are hardly even Democratic Party stalwarts, given that many have donated and raised thousands of dollars for Republican presidential and congressional candidates this cycle.”
DWS needed to go, whether you supported Hillary or Bernie. And her support of Payday Loans has softened but the details are still very sketchy. Here is his take on the new rules for Payday Lending:
"As drafted, the CFPB rule would allow lenders to continue to make high-cost loans, such as a line of credit with a 15-percent transaction fee and 299-percent interest rate, or a $1,250 loan on which the borrower would repay a total of $3,700 in fees, interest and principal,” Bourke wrote. “These and many other high-cost payday installment loans are already on the market in most states, and they will thrive if the regulation takes effect without change."
Follow the money.
I did "follow the money" of the negative Clinton TV ads in Bernie's stead in Ca and the "big money" lead back to republican Karl Rove.
Delete@1:37
DeleteThank you for posting that up.
Moyers is wise and tells it like it is.
Some of the folks round these parts just don't get it and will slurp up the tripe and take it as gospel.
2:39 Please help me understand how the republicans putting up an TV ad which is negative towards Sec . Clinton and is positive for Sen. Sanders places the Senator in the republican fold? That is the impression your trying to present is it not? I don't think Bernie likes Karl.
ReplyDeleteWhen did Bernie disavow those ads?
DeleteHe sure didn't speak out against the ads run for his campaign. Like the poster above stated, follow the money and it leads right to reichwinger Karl ROve.
DeleteSo because Sen. Saunders does not speak out against an ad which he had nothing to do with, an Ad which was against the competing candidate for the office he is running for, makes him a republican sympathizer? Is this what you trying to persuade us to believe? I really think you need a little more experience on this elections thing.
Delete5:09 - Yes, that's right. For someone who claims that he's for election finance reform, he did not have the decency to speak out against the American Crossroad/Karl Rove ads used to help him? What a hypocrite he is!
DeleteHe's still running? Maybe he can visit the Constitution Center and explain Paul Revere's ride with as much umph as Sarah did while on vacation.
ReplyDeleteI don't think this is any big deal. It makes sense to have a central campaign if the other elections are going to be managed to best effect. There's no sense in doubling up, whether data or personnel.
ReplyDeleteCompromise is not a weakness
ReplyDelete...rather, it is the REAL "art of the deal".
And, hey, Gryff - Debbie Wasserman Schultz was NOT that great as DNC chair. DWS was pretty damned incompetent if you ask me.
And I LIKE DWS - she just wasn't good at that job.