Democrats reject Sanders demand to oust Frank and Malloy

[pnwmom]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-fails-to-oust-clinton-backers-from-convention-roles/2016/05/28/cd29b186-24fb-11e6-b944-52f7b1793dae_story.html?tid=ss_fb

WASHINGTON — Democratic officials have rejected Bernie Sanders’ request to remove two high-profile Hillary Clinton supporters from leadership positions at the party’s summer convention.

Sanders’ presidential campaign said in a letter Friday to the Democratic National Committee that Dannel Malloy, Connecticut’s governor, and Barney Frank, a former Massachusetts congressman, couldn’t be relied upon to perform their roles “fairly and capably while laboring under such deeply held bias.”

Malloy is Platform Committee co-chairman. Frank is co-chairman of the Rules Committee.

Democratic officials responded to Sanders’ request on Saturday, saying in a letter that Malloy and Frank were elected under party rules and that Sanders wasn’t alleging any violations of that process.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/05/28/bernie-sanders-calls-ouster-two-convention-co-chairs/85084502/

In April, Tad Devine, Sanders’ senior adviser, said Frank is among surrogates for Hillary Clinton who used Sanders’ remarks to a New York Daily News editorial board on April 1 to promote a story line that questions Sanders’ capacity to be president. Devine pointed to Frank’s April 6 statements on MSNBC that Sanders “confused several things” in his responses to questions about his core issue of breaking up big banks. Frank also said Sanders’ responses to the editorial board were not “coherent.”

Frank said in an April interview with USA TODAY that he would step aside from his co-chairmanship if the Democratic nomination is still uncertain in June and if a Rules Committee decision could be the deciding factor. With Clinton's decisive lead in delegates, that appears unlikely.

A Connecticut Democratic Party spokesman told USA TODAY earlier this month that Malloy agrees with Sanders on many issues. On Saturday, Leigh Appleby said Malloy is committed to a platform and process reflective of the party's diverse viewpoints.

"This year's Democratic platform process is making an unprecedented effort to ensure the process is reflective of the entire party and that every Democrat has an opportunity to have their voice heard in a meaningful way," Appleby said in a statement. "And at the end of the day, Democats will put forward a platform that stands in stark contrast to the hateful, divisive, and dangerous policies of Donald Trump."

[Gothmog]

1. I love Frank's response to this silliness

Franks is not amused http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-convention-allies-223685

Frank brushed off the Sanders camp's charges.

"It is inconceivable to me that anything could come before that committee that will affect who the nominee is," Frank said. "I think what you have here is this: Sanders is losing to Hillary Clinton because she is getting many more votes and many more pledged delegates. Some of the Sanders supporters are trying to lay the claim that he's being unfairly deprived of this."

Asked what he thought Sanders' endgame goal was, Frank said it might be to suggest he was robbed of the nomination.

"I hope it is not to lay the basis for an inaccurate claim that he was unfairly denied the nomination and I do see some elements of this," Frank said. "We really had two nomination contests this year. Bernie Sanders is the nominee of the caucuses; Hillary Clinton is the nominee of the primaries, which are more Democratic."
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[pnwmom]

2. Yes, and the perfect examples are Nebraska and WA, where Bernie won the tiny caucuses

and Hillary won the much larger, more inclusive primaries.

[MFM008]

3. Sanders didn't get his way?

[sarae]

4. I'm glad.

He keeps moving the goalposts. He wouldn't be satisfied unless he stole the nomination away and somehow rendered useless the 3 million more votes for Clinton.

[Hekate]

5. Good for them. Time to stand up to this non-Democrat who has such contempt for us.

[72DejaVu]

6. It won't be long now

Until we can just cut the last six words from your title.

[Gothmog]

7. I love the DNC's response to this silly challenge

I love the DNC's response to this rather lame and silly challenge http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-convention-allies-223685

Roosevelt and Miller responded Saturday in a letter to the Sanders campaign. The co-chairs of the Rules and Bylaws Committee said Malloy and Frank hadn't violated any rule of the DNC.

"Both Governor Malloy and Representative Frank were elected by the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee on January 22, 2016, pursuant to the Call for the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Article VII(F)(I)(the "Call&quot ," the chairs wrote in response. "Your challenge does not allege that there was any other cognizable violation of the Call in the conduct of their elections, the Delegate Selection Rules for the 2016 Democratic National Convention, or any other rule or regulation of the Democratic National Committee in their selection."
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[Thinkingabout]

8. They are complaining without any basis. Does this mean we can complain about West having

Views which do not conform to our Democratic views?

[George II]

9. "But, but....Danny and Barney don't LIKE me, they can't participate."

"Malloy and Frank were elected under party rules and that Sanders wasn’t alleging any violations of that process."

[brer cat]

10. The desperation is getting worse.

Next he will sue President Obama for not making him the nominee by fiat.

[kjones]

11. Bernie is so lame

I'm glad I saw through to his nougat filled, bullshitty center months
ago. I sure would be embarrassed to support him now (or for that
matter, to have ever supported him.)

[Walk away]

12. Of course it will...

"This year's Democratic platform process is making an unprecedented effort to ensure the process is reflective of the entire party and that every Democrat has an opportunity to have their voice heard in a meaningful way," Appleby said in a statement. "And at the end of the day, Democats will put forward a platform that stands in stark contrast to the hateful, divisive, and dangerous policies of Donald Trump"

We don't need Bernie and Cornel West to do it but it has to appear that we do for Bernie to save face.

[SharonClark]

13. Next he'll demand that Jane be made Secretary of the Treasury

We know how good she is with math.