Ken Martin wins election as the next chair of the Democratic National Committee
Ken Martin wins election as the next chair of the Democratic National Committee
This is a pretty big disappointment imo, and shows that the party didn't really listen to its voters or learn from the election in any meaningful way. He was the least interesting and compelling candidate. I wish they had gone for someone with an actual ideology and values that they've lived and acted on for years---like Faiz Shakir. This role is very important, and it would have been a great way to show us that Dems actually care about us, and not just the money. But nope, they've taken yet another opportunity to give power to a bland vanilla fundraiser who almost nobody has heard of.
The race hinged more on the candidates’ organizing and fundraising resumes than on their postures regarding the ideological soul of the party, as it did in 2017, after President Donald Trump’s previous election win.
lol, Shakir? "Martin won a majority vote among DNC members on the first ballot, 246.5 to 134.5 for Ben Wikler, the chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party. Martin O’Malley received 44 votes, Faiz Shakir received two and Jason Paul received one" you're so out of touch, i don't even know what to say.
Sounds about right, for someone who has an actual ideology and values that they've lived and acted on for years. Presumably, like Bernie, "no one wants to work with him."
i love Faiz but it's really as simple as "he cannot speak or animate a room to save his life and he's clearly better working on infrastructure side of things than leading a political party". there's a reason he was Bernie's senior advisor and not a public face of the campaign (and before that an aide to Nancy Pelosi).
Makes perfect sense to me. I have no idea about any of these people, my point was just that "can't manage to get more than 2 votes in the DNC's special secret election for special people only to determine the future, God help us, of our country" is, all other things being equal, a point in his favor.
you’re so out of touch, i don’t even know what to say.
be more specific - out of touch with whom, exactly?
out of touch with the ~400 voting members of the DNC?
can you name any of those 400, off the top of your head? I can't, and I follow politics fairly closely.
the DNC itself doesn't even publish the complete list - it had to be leaked
Some of the at-large members have been on the national committee for many terms. Those include stalwarts of the party establishment like Donna Brazile, Harold Ickes, Minyon Moore, and Maria Cardona, triple-hitters who have led national campaigns or party conventions, show up frequently on cable TV as political commentators, and buckrake as lobbyists and/or well-paid public speakers. Brazile is a partner at “corporate reputation strategy firm” Purple Strategies, which has worked for BP, United Airlines, NASCAR, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and PhRMA. Ickes is a partner at Tiber Creek Group, whose clients include the Greater New York Hospital Association. Moore and Cardona are both partners at the Dewey Square Group, whose clients have included Lyft, McDonald’s, MGM Springfield, Sony Pictures, and the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and which has engaged in lobbying to undermine state labor protections.
this is the problem with Democrats in a nutshell - thinking "you're out of touch with lobbyists and political consultants" is a dunk on someone.