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Cease to Hope posted:It's Ellison versus anyone but Ellison. Ellison's main liabilities are that he's progressive, Muslim and not pro-Israel (which is the only reason the ADL smear has gotten any traction al all), and tied heavily to Sanders and Warren. Pushing Perez, who is progressive, not Muslim, and nominally friendly with Clinton but very closely tied to Obama, into the race seems like an obvious triangulation on the part of the president to hedge against another centrist hack like DWS. Only, unlike DWS Perez isn't horrible and IIRC is actually loved by unions so much they had Obama nominate Lynch to replace Holder instead of Perez.
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Cease to Hope posted:Perez is a hedge against a DWS-style hack. His liabilities - Clinton endorsement, TPP support - make him ideal for anyone-but-Ellison Democrats to rally around, and leave less room for a centrist, corporatist, or Clintonlander to try and brand themself the Ellison Alternative. I misinterpreted what you wrote, but also the huge issue with Perez is that he's only ever won a county seat and been appointed to everything else and not the Clinton or TPP support.
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awesmoe posted:Is the job of the DNC chair primarily policy, or strategy around election organization (ie sending money places, directing how money is spent at the state level)? Second one.
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