“We’ve got to make sure the process is fair in fact and fair in perception, so everyone feels like they got a fair shake.” The vital thing is that people have confidence in the Democratic Party” and its nominating processes as “open to everyone.”
Restoring and maintaining confidence in the party is a delicate task, especially with lingering mistrust among different factions. As chairman, Perez has used precise language to describe what is necessary to build that confidence. “Scrupulously neutral” was the term Perez employed just last week, when he was asked whether the national party might intervene in the Georgia primary between former legislator Stacey Abrams, a high-profile contender who had attracted significant support from progressive groups that were excited by her base-building campaign to become the country’s first African-American female governor, and former legislator Stacey Evans, who had secured endorsements from former governor Roy Barnes, former senator Max Cleland, and a number of other old-school Georgia Democrats.
On May 18, Perez said the DNC needed to maintain strict neutrality “because we think the voters should decide that.”
That was then. This is now. On May 24, Perez appeared at the New York State Democratic Party convention to deliver an all-in endorsement of Governor Andrew Cuomo and his running mate, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul. “You’ve been delivering results and you’ve been delivering results that have made people’s lives better,” declared the DNC chair. “That’s why Andrew Cuomo and Kathy Hochul are charter members of the accomplishments wing of the Democratic Party, and that’s why I’m proud to endorse them.”
Article 5, Section 4: DNC Charter:
Section 4. The National Chairperson shall serve full time and shall receive such compensation as
may be determined by agreement between the Chairperson and the Democratic National Committee. In
the conduct and management of the affairs and procedures of the Democratic National Committee,
particularly as they apply to the preparation and conduct of the Presidential nomination process, the
Chairperson shall exercise impartiality and evenhandedness as between the Presidential candidates and
campaigns. The Chairperson shall be responsible for ensuring that the national officers and staff of the
Democratic National Committee maintain impartiality and evenhandedness during the Democratic Party
Presidential nominating process.
The DCCC is the organization responsible for election Congressional candidates, but the evidence has shown the leadership there has been just as selective towards establishment Democrats and against progressive challengers
Do you believe the DNC is a neutral office towards Democratic Party challengers?
Nixon is an actual progressive. You can tell by the way she doesn't accept legal bribes for campaign donations and how she vocally supports issues that are important to most Americans; like universal healthcare and raising the minimum wage to a living wage
Oh you noticed that, too?
Establishment Democrats have lost more than 1,000 elections, 69 of 99 state legislatures, the House, the Senate, and the Supreme Court since 2009 using the political tactic you support of running to the center and being Republican light
You have failed. Your experiment has been run its course. Populist left progressives bring out voters and Justice Democrats and Our Revolution have won more than 40% of their elections so far. Both organizations are less than 2 years old, this is unprecedented.
Swearengin in WV earned 10% more of the vote than the previous Democratic challenger who ran to the right of Manchin while spending significantly less on her campaign. How do you explain that?
Many candidates have out raised through small dollar donations from grass roots organizing more than their incumbent establishment counterparts. There was a time not too long ago when your ilk claimed funding was the key to winning elections. Now, when we out fund you, the goalposts are moved.
You're not progressive, you're moderate. You support moderate (conservative) corrupt Democratic politicians
You have establishment Democratic candidates, like Crowley in NY and Feinstein in CA. Were they to lose, your entire political analysis for the past 2 years would be proven wrong. That's why you support conservative Democrats; your ego.
