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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
Sun May 22, 2016, 08:18 PM May 2016

DWS should withdraw for re-election, focus on her job at the DNC.

Last edited Sun May 22, 2016, 09:05 PM - Edit history (1)

If she did that, a lot of problems would be solved.

In the future, the DNC should require any elected politician seeking its chairmynship to relinquish her or his elected office if chosen as DNC chair, since the job is full-time and clearly can't be done by someone serving in full-time elected office at the same time.

And there's no downside.

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DWS should withdraw for re-election, focus on her job at the DNC. (Original Post) Ken Burch May 2016 OP
What if her constituents want her? hrmjustin May 2016 #1
Then she should stop chairing the DNC and focus on serving THEM. Ken Burch May 2016 #4
I don't really think that she's interested in your opinion. The voters of her district in Florida Trust Buster May 2016 #2
I guess if voters in her district saltpoint May 2016 #3
Not many problems would be solved by her withdrawing from her re-election. She would still Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #5
I'm all for primarying her ass... backscatter712 May 2016 #6
 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
4. Then she should stop chairing the DNC and focus on serving THEM.
Sun May 22, 2016, 09:07 PM
May 2016

Clearly, the current situation proves a person can't do both jobs at once. Chairing the DNC is full-time work in and of itself.

 

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)
2. I don't really think that she's interested in your opinion. The voters of her district in Florida
Sun May 22, 2016, 08:25 PM
May 2016

will make that decision. Isn't that what you Sanders supporters keep saying ? Let all the voting take place first ? Or do you Sanders people think you have special priviledges that don't apply to the rest of us ?

saltpoint

(50,986 posts)
3. I guess if voters in her district
Sun May 22, 2016, 08:25 PM
May 2016

return her to the Congress, they return her to the Congress.

She does Democrats across the country no favors as DNC Chair. She could be said to be a better politician than she is a Democrat. At the very least, her brand of Democrat seems to be a fainter shade of blue than many other Democrats.


Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
5. Not many problems would be solved by her withdrawing from her re-election. She would still
Sun May 22, 2016, 09:16 PM
May 2016

lose massive amounts of elections because of her strategy. It's her losing strategy.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
6. I'm all for primarying her ass...
Sun May 22, 2016, 09:57 PM
May 2016

Losing her primary would almost certainly force her resignation from the DNC. Can't have the DNC being led by someone who loses her seat to someone in her own party...

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