Keith Ellison Supporters Warn Of Fallout If He Loses DNC Chair Race

The Huffington Post ^ | February 21, 2017 | Daniel Marans

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Days after the November election, the progressive wing of the Democratic Party was ascendant. There was no greater sign of its rising stature than the momentum Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota was enjoying in his race to chair the Democratic National Committee.

Ellison, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and a supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) during the 2016 presidential primary, was racking up endorsements not only from Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), but establishment figures as well, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers — both of whom backed Hillary Clinton in the primary.

But in December, former Labor Secretary Tom Perez jumped into the DNC race. Now, Ellison and Perez are neck-and-neck, with the election days away. The DNC’s 447 voting members will decide the party’s next chair in Atlanta on Saturday.

That has some Ellison supporters worried that their chance to reshape the party is in danger of disappearing. In an attempt to head off Perez, some prominent Ellison supporters argue that failing to elect him would squander a major opportunity to energize the progressive grassroots and heal the wounds of the 2016 presidential primary....

[SteveH]

africanized progressives. it’s the new american way!

[TigersEye]

Here come the threats. What would Islam be without threats?

[Fred Nerks]

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Senator Barack Obama in Kenya > Obama and Odinga: The True Story
African Press Intternational ^ | 8/8/08 | Paul Abeles

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That covers it.

[Liz]

Hillary Clinton needs to step up to the batter's box to save them....

Frankly, it's still a mystery to me that Hillary....who has not used her vagina in years.....could get the support of Hollyweirdos,all suffering from "chronic casting couch crotchitis."