Posted on 12/08/2018 5:49:04 PM PST by Kaslin
The Democratic National Committee has a few concerns heading into 2019. For starters, their cash flow is not even in the same stratosphere as the Republicans' haul. The RNC raised $227.2 million in 2018 to the DNC's nearly $120 million. Secondly, their voter data infrastructure appears to be crumbling. A new strategy pushed by DNC leadership would compile all the voter data from Democratic groups into a single, for-profit entity. It is a strategy that is "modeled" after their Republican counterpart, Politico explains. But, the shift is causing a major argument between the national committee and the Democratic state parties, who are wondering why they should agree to give up this control of the voter database.
But in interviews with more than two dozen state party chairs, vice chairs and executive directors, the response to the proposal being pushed by DNC Chairman Tom Perez and his leadership team ranged from skeptical to outright hostile. Both sides agree that being able to swap data seamlessly with outside groups is necessary, but they’re at loggerheads over the best way to make it happen.
“I’m not willing to give up one of our most important tools to a group of people who have never even worked on a campaign before,” Trav Robertson, chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party, said of Perez’s team. (Politico)
"There’s definitely, ‘what’s in it for us?’ questions still there,” added Valdez Bravo, a vice chairman of the Oregon Democratic Party.
The committee is also considering cutting a $10 million grant program to state parties.
State parties have some justification for their skepticism after the bias the DNC showed in the 2016 presidential election. They essentially rolled out the red carpet for Hillary Clinton, to the detriment of Bernie Sanders's campaign. Former DNC interim chair Donna Brazile wrote a whole book about it and said the bias at the committee was so rampant it made her weep.
The Democratic National Committee has a few concerns heading into 2019. For starters, their cash flow is not even in the same stratosphere as the Republicans' haul. The RNC raised $227.2 million in 2018 to the DNC's nearly $120 million. Secondly, their voter data infrastructure appears to be crumbling. A new strategy pushed by DNC leadership would compile all the voter data from Democratic groups into a single, for-profit entity. It is a strategy that is "modeled" after their Republican counterpart, Politico explains. But, the shift is causing a major argument between the national committee and the Democratic state parties, who are wondering why they should agree to give up this control of the voter database.
But in interviews with more than two dozen state party chairs, vice chairs and executive directors, the response to the proposal being pushed by DNC Chairman Tom Perez and his leadership team ranged from skeptical to outright hostile. Both sides agree that being able to swap data seamlessly with outside groups is necessary, but they’re at loggerheads over the best way to make it happen.
“I’m not willing to give up one of our most important tools to a group of people who have never even worked on a campaign before,” Trav Robertson, chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party, said of Perez’s team. (Politico)
"There’s definitely, ‘what’s in it for us?’ questions still there,” added Valdez Bravo, a vice chairman of the Oregon Democratic Party.
The committee is also considering cutting a $10 million grant program to state parties.
State parties have some justification for their skepticism after the bias the DNC showed in the 2016 presidential election. They essentially rolled out the red carpet for Hillary Clinton, to the detriment of Bernie Sanders's campaign. Former DNC interim chair Donna Brazile wrote a whole book about it and said the bias at the committee was so rampant it made her weep.
And why not ? You mean to tell me there are no billionaire conservo-libertarians? The notion is ludicrous.
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Again, I ask you to name some.
Fat chance. Not gonna happen.
The Rats had half their Caucus up for Reelection in 2018
Most of them in pure blue states.
The GOP lost two of those
One of which was in a blue state (Nevada) and the other in a purple state with the incumbent retiring(Arizona).
and they barely squeaked out Wins by single digits in States where it shouldn’t have even been a contest.
Its the Democrats who barely squeaked out wins in Montana and Arizona through election fraud, when they were losing on election night.
One thing Trump has to concentrate on for 2020 is fund raising. We were VASTLY outraised by the Dems especially as far as vast amounts of money from far left billionaires is concerned.
In some races, they were outspending 3 and four to one, and still lost.
Yup. Like Robert O'Rourke in Texas for example.
And why not ? You mean to tell me there are no billionaire conservo-libertarians? The notion is ludicrous.
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I’ve asked you twice to name some and now it appears that asking you for a simple answer is ludicrous.
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